Christmas Season

Christmas season has been my favorite time of the year ever since I was a child. It brings back memories of my mother making cake and cookies and sweets that would fill the whole house with a distinct "Christmas" smell...in fact the whole lane we lived in would be aromatic!
Times were simpler when I was a child, my brother's job was to get the Christmas tree and he would go and ask a kind person to allow him chop off a branch of their Christmas tree..so the tree would usually be 3' feet tall and we would decorate it on Christmas Eve with home made decorations. We would each get one gift each and that would be the gift that we were just "dying" to get...These days, I use an artificial 8' tall tree decorated with beautiful shining baubles and lights put up much earlier to bring in Christmas much earlier, stacks of gifts pile up under the tree. It was different then but its still good now and I have a few handmade ornaments that remind me of our childhood! Christmas traditions are a wonderful way to celebrate this festive seasons..though we had different traditions then, I have made new traditions with my own children for them to remember and carry on...One such tradition is the "Advent Calendar" - every year we make a calendar with a countdown to Christmas! And on each day we do a Christmas related activity/craft or some holiday special deed..This way we remember Christmas each day and do something special. It is a fun time and the kids really look forward to it..

The spirit of Christmas is about love, joy and peace which our Savior came to give. So this year we made a calendar with the exact same words. And everyday we will change the number of days by writing on an icecream spoon we stuck into the gifts !
So get ready for 25 days of activities !
Merry Christmas !!