The first of December means that our advent calendar begins. Bryce loves the advent calendar and wakes ups even earlier than normal to run down and check it out. There is usually a little treat inside each day and sometimes an extra surprise like a new Christmas Story or Christmas PJ's sitting next to it. This is one of our favorite family traditions. We used to just do the little chocolate advent calendars you can buy at the grocery store until I purchased this one a few years ago, but advent calendars are something that have always been part of Christmas tradition.
We also sat down as a family and came up with a list of ways we could "Light the World" during the Christmas season. We brainstormed and wrote down several things and then chose one for each week in December.
Here is what we chose to do...
Dec. 1-7 PAY IT FORWARD (we did this at McDonald's one day)
Dec. 8-14 Angel Tree (Bryce chose a name off the Angel Tree at his school and Chloe went and helped do the shopping for the local Angel Tree in town) they both had fun and enjoyed doing this.
Dec. 15-21 Find a Homeless Person and give them something (we gave them a water and some money)
Also Make and Deliver Christmas Cookies and Goodies (another of our Christmas Traditions)
Dec. 22-28 Have Groceries Delivered to Grandmas House-we weren't really sure what she was in need of so we just ended up leaving a Wal-Mart gift card on her front step instead.
We had lots of fun doing these things during the Holidays I think it will become a new part of our yearly Christmas traditions.
#lighttheworld
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