So, Christmas is my favorite time of year. When I say "Christmas," I also mean Advent. That's the time before Christmas were we wait in excitement and anticipation for our Lord's coming. Since we are religious, it's huge in our house--which makes Christmas that much more fun! So, here's what we are doing this Advent.
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| Of course, we are decorating the Christmas Tree. Some wait till Christmas Eve. I don't have that kind of patience. |
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| In all it's glory... |
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| And we are leaving time for some "horsing" around. |
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| Set up our Nativity, minus the Christ child. He appears on Christmas morning. |
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| Our Jesse Tree. This is our first year doing this. We read a series of stories from the Bible that lead up to the Creation story on Christmas day. That night ,we draw a picture on our sticker symbolizing the story and put it on the tree. I really like this. |
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| On top of our Christmas cards for friends and family, we sent off 54 Christmas cards to injured and deployed Soldiers. |
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| My sweet girl "helped" by drawing some pictures for the Soldiers. |
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| More decorating. |
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| St. Nick visited! (Got them out just in time.) |
We are also doing an Advent Wreath and lighting it at night for dinner. Christmas movies, fires in the fireplace, and other festive activities are on the list, too. I love this time of year, and the anticipation for Christmas morning. The magic, the spirituality. It's so beautiful. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Season, too.
