Christmas is my favorite holiday. It is the time of year when I am surrounded by everyday reminders of the day that that GOD broke his silence and sent a Savior into the world to show us the way. I adore everything about Christmas! The lights, the music, the smells, and you just can't beat all of the yummy food! Everyone is always a little nicer and everything seams a little more lighter at this time of year.
After we awoke from our Thanksgiving slumbers, we went straight to work on digging out all of our decorations from their basement solitude. I found things that I had completely forgotten that I had even owned! It was a lot of fun pulling items out that the children had made over the years and remembering back when they had first created them. Putting up two trees is a tradition is my home. One in the living room, where all of the children's home-made ornaments hang, and one in the family room that is a lot more formal and decorated with all white lights and crystal snowflakes.
Now that the decorations are up, we will begin our 25 days till Christmas countdown traditions. We have a blessing jar where we place a piece of paper in it everyday saying what we are thankful for. Then on Christmas day, we empty out the jar and read aloud each one and thank the LORD for our blessings this year. For we know that all good things come from Him. We also do a prayer chain. We take construction Paper and make 24 strips. On each one, we write a prayer request. On Christmas Eve, We pray for each request written on the chain. Our Advent wreath is something that is important to me. Every Sunday leading up to Christmas, We light a candle on the wreath. Each candle has a meaning- Hope, Love, joy, peace. Along with the lighting of the candle, We sing a Christmas song and read a scripture verse. This way we make sure that Christ is always the center of Christmas.
Tomorrow, we will start our outdoor decorating, but for tonight, a Christmas movie sounds like just the right thing to end such a great day!
My Nephew Jesse and Jacob decorating the children's tree
All done!
Jacob, Jesse, and Mariah
My Entry Way
Putting the Angel on the formal tree
The kids b the formal tree
Christmas list writing Santa
My favorite! Manger scene on top of my piano
Fiber-Optic Christmas Village- The kids favorite!
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