Ever since I turned the satellite radio to the 24 hours of Christmas music on Black Friday, I have been excited about the coming weeks. Even though it is always a very busy time of year and I am always stressed, something about these weeks of Advent always makes me feel good. Since Alaina posted a few of her family traditions, I thought I would follow suit.
**When my sister-in-law Amy and her husband Chris got married, we started giving them a new Christmas ornament every year. We continued that tradition with my brother and sister-in-law, and once Morgan and my niece Julia came along we just continued doing it. I want Morgan to have a tree full of ornaments when she leaves the nest!
**This year Morgan and I made a paper chain to count down the days to Christmas. This is something I fondly remember doing as a child, getting excited as the chain got shorter and shorter. I hope in the future to tie those paper links to doing nice things for others in the spirit of Christ and the season.
**This year I also started a new tradition of new Christmas pajamas for Morgan (and Julia). Instead of giving them to the girls on Christmas Eve, I decided to do this new tradition on Thanksgiving Day. That way they can wear their jammies all month!
**I also gave both girls a Fisher Price Little People Nativity Set and I want to use that to teach Morgan the Christmas story. Do any of you have a good suggestion for where to find proper age-appropriate (toddler) scripture readings to go along with that? Right now I need to keep things simple, for Morgan and for me!
**Patrick's family always opens presents Christmas Eve and then stockings on Christmas morning. On odd years when we spend Christmas with his family, we will continue this tradition.
So there you have it, more things to help me get excited about this time of year. I am looking forward to putting up the Christmas tree and decorations this week. I would love to know what you, loyal readers, do for Christmas traditions. I am always looking for new traditions to get started!
2 comments:
Cute pajamas! Does Morgan have a children's Bible that has the Christmas story in it? There are a bunch of good ones you could maybe get from the library if you don't have one you like. We have The Big Picture Bible and The Beginner's Bible, both of which we like and are on a good toddler level. Some other children's Bibles seem better suited to older kids like 7-10 years old.
I would definitely look in a children's Bible as Catherine suggested. I love the paper chain idea!
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