Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Advent Calendar

If you're interested in the sock calendar, here are the activities I have in mine:

1st-Decorate the house
2nd-Get the tree
3rd-Decorate the tree
4th-Make paper chains for the kids room
5th-Ward Christmas Party
6th-Make Gingerbread Houses
7th-Go to the Messiah performance
8th-Caroling Rehearsal
9th- Watch Christmas movies
10th-Make Christmas Gifts
11th-Christmas Storybook Night
12th-Polar Express Night
13th-Apple Hill
14th-Make Christmas Goodies
15th-Deliver Goodies to Friends/Neighbors
16th-Write letters to Santa
17th-Have a family over for dinner & Christmas movie
18th-Family sing-a-long night
19th-Dinner Party
20th-Last minute shopping day
21st-Caroling at Senior home
22nd-Read Story of Jesus' birth & make Reindeer Food
23rd-Annual drive to look at Christmas lights in our PJ's w/ thermos of Hot Chocolate & Christmas carols blasting
24th-Go to Grandma Anderson's for dinner & gift exchange
25th-Christmas Day w/ Grandpa & Grandma Boone

Some of my friends included doing the 12 Days of Christmas, Making Wrapping Paper, Christmas Cards, etc. You can make mail Christmas cards a task for the day. Keep it simple...The point is to alleviate the stress of the season so that our homes can be filled with peace to focus on the real reason we celebrate: the birth of our Savior.

2 comments:

Ruth M said...

Thanks, Tanya. Now it's all up to me to find the motivation to actually do something. Dang it.

Nicolette said...

I love this idea. Thanks for sharing!!