12.01.2010

25 Days of Christmas


Tonight we sang Christmas carols with a jingle bell by twinkle light.

Each day we are going to do something special related to the holiday.

I like how Jordan put them into an advent calendar (photo from her site).

Things we will do somewhere in the month: temple lights, Christmas movie, bring someone a meal, bake goodies for friends, make a gingerbread house, watch a church video about Christ, reinact The Christmas Story as a family, make sugar cookies, send letters to Santa, get and decorate a tree, visit Mike's grandparents, and give an anonymous giftcard to a needy family. Just to name a few.

Each year I find it a challenge to balance well the commercial and spiritual activities of Christmas. I will try to lean heavy on the Christ side of things and call it good.