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title: 766 – Christmas Conversation with Melanie
description: Merry Christmas from WELSTech! We’re continuing our holiday tradition of sharing a special Christmas interview with our listeners. This year, we’re excited to welcome Melanie Giddings from the Lutheran Schools Office to talk about the important work underway to develop a new religion curriculum. The interview A new curriculum in development – Melanie Giddings, Curriculum […]
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# [766 – Christmas Conversation with Melanie](https://welstech.wels.org/2025/12/24/766-christmas-conversation-with-melanie)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Dec 24, 2025 9:00:25 AM

 Merry Christmas from WELSTech! We’re continuing our holiday tradition of sharing a special Christmas interview with our listeners. This year, we’re excited to welcome Melanie Giddings from the Lutheran Schools Office to talk about the important work underway to develop a new religion curriculum.

[https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_766.mp3](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_766.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://welstech.blob.core.windows.net/audio/WELSTech_Episode_766.mp3) (Duration: 24:21 — 22.3MB)

### The interview

A new curriculum in development – Melanie Giddings, Curriculum Coordinator from WELS Lutheran Schools, joins Martin and Sallie to share an inside look at the work being shared by many hands on a new Pre-K to 12 religion curriculum being developed to succeed Christ Light.

### Christmas Coloring Book Collab

There’s still time to submit your AI-generated Christmas coloring page for inclusion in a WELSTech crowd-sourced coloring book. Send your entries to [welstech@wels.net](mailto:welstech@wels.net), and we’ll choose a random contributor to receive some sweet WELS swag!

Try this prompt:

> A black and white coloring page for kids of *[YOUR TOPIC]*, thick lines, white background, no shading, no grey scale, simple vector style.

- [Microsoft Designer](https://designer.microsoft.com/)
- [Adobe Express Coloring Page Generator](https://www.adobe.com/express/create/ai/worksheet/kid)
- [ColorBliss.art](https://www.google.com/search?q=https://colorbliss.art/)
- [Crayola Color Camera](https://www.crayola.com/create/custom-coloring-page)

### Next time

Join us in January for our look back at WELSTech 2025!

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