I LOVE Christmas! I love everything about this wonderful season...Christmas lights, hot chocolate, holiday music, Christmas movies, cold weather, and the Salvation Army bell ringers. I even enjoy the all the hustle and bustle and chaos! Now that we have a little one, Christmas seems to be even more special.
Another thing I LOVE are family traditions! It is very important to me that Mike & I start our own traditions for our little family.
Since McKinley is finally at an age to really start enjoying and participating in different activities, I wanted to try extra hard to create some lasting Christmas traditions, so I came up with "The Organ Family 25 Days of Christmas".
Another thing I LOVE are family traditions! It is very important to me that Mike & I start our own traditions for our little family.
Since McKinley is finally at an age to really start enjoying and participating in different activities, I wanted to try extra hard to create some lasting Christmas traditions, so I came up with "The Organ Family 25 Days of Christmas".
I have spent the last few weeks researching and planning family activities to do through the month of December (thank you Pinterest!). I have compiled a list of about 70 holiday activities which gives me plenty of options to switch out and add in the coming years.
Here are a few of the activities that have made it to this years calendar:
-December 6th is St. Nicholas Day
-Visit Opryland Hotel lights & Decoration
-Dickens of a Christmas
-See a Living Nativity Scene
-Build a gingerbread house
-Pick Angels fro the Angel Tree & Shop
-Cookie baking & decorating
-Attend a church Christmas play or musical
-Breakfast with Santa
-Write letter to Santa
-Reading events @ the library, Barnes & Noble
-Attend a Christmas concert/ballet
-Special Christmas breakfast (the same year after year)
-Make a special treat & deliver it to
Daddy’s work and have a picnic
-Decorate Kids rooms
-Donate to a food bank
-Read the Christmas Story from Luke 2:1-20
-Christmas movie nights
A couple years ago I purchased a colorful wooden advent calendar. I knew the advent calendar would be the perfect way of housing our "25 Days" activities. I printed out each activity on a piece of paper and placed it in the calendar. So each morning after McKinley eats breakfast she can open the advent calendar door and see what our "25 Days of Christmas" activity is for the day.
If you can't tell, I am super excited about the Christmas Season! I will be posting every few days throughout December to update on our "25 Days of Christmas" experience.
Merry Christmas!
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