It is the season of crafting and gift making around my house. It is also the season of parties and gatherings. It is just plain ole busy! I strive each year to set my priorities and keep those in focus allowing things to fall into our schedule only as there is time or as they help us finish our list. I make a list of 25 things so that there is one for each day. Some days we do more than one and some days we don’t get to anything. But it keeps me focused on my goal for the season and that is to focus on Christ and the ultimate gift that was born.
Writing the list out also helps me to be able to pull an activity out at a moments notice when the children are getting restless or are asking for something to do. It has been a sanity safer the last two seasons that I have done this. I wanted to share our Christmas family fun list for 2013. We are almost finished with it and it has been a blast!! Lots of memories made and fun has been had.
1. Attend an Advent service
2. Make a Scripture countdown chain
3. Make names of Jesus ornaments.
4. Paper chain Christmas tree
5. Check out Christmas books at the library
6. Make a Christmas village
7. Attend a Christmas play
8. Donate toys to the needy
9. Make a Christmas card to mail
10. Make paper snowflakes
11. Deliver cookies to emergency personnel
12. Bake cookies for the mailman
13. Make salt dough ornaments
14. Decorate Christmas Cookies
15. Take a family picture
16. Make Snowman Pancakes
17. Sing Christmas carols
18. Drive around and look at Christmas lights
19. Color Christmas pictures
20. Watch a Christmas movie with hot cocoa and popcorn
21. Make Christmas gifts for family
22. Mail Aunt Erin a Christmas package
23. Read the Christmas story on Christmas Day
24. Do a daily Advent Scripture reading schedule.
25. Fill out and mail (pass out) Christmas cards.
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