There are however, two new traditions that I am excited about. One is a twist on the Advent Calendars, to countdown Christmas with Christmas books! I loved this idea when I first saw my friend Pam at Cocomama talk about this tradition. We traditionally have read the story about baby Jesus on Christmas Eve. Now we will be reading a Christmas story each night, leading up to Christmas. This should be a great incentive to get into PJ's and brush their teeth, so they can come unwrap the book for the night, snuggle on the couch, and read it together.
I found about 6 books, but know I have a few more I packed up with the decor. So, what am I going to do? Well instead of rushing out and picking up the remaining 19 books and spending all that money, I came up with another plan. Why not find books at the local library? That is exactly what we did.
Our sleigh of books...
I wrapped each book and numbered them. I plan on keeping a list of recommended Christmas books and buy a few throughout the years until I have a set of 25. If you have a favorite Christmas story would you share it with me. I'm looking forward to this countdown and building our collection of Christmas stories and memories!
First night a success! They were really excited!
Let the countdown begin!
11 comments:
I saw this on another blog. How fun. I totally should do this.
Love that you wrapped each one. I didn't wrap but we did remember to read 1 tonight.
You are so cute Rhonda! I love love love that book idea. I am going to get on the bandwagon. It is wonderful!
I hope you are having a great week so far!
XOXO
Jen
Such a great idea! We read our story tonight too. I love the idea of reading a new one every night :)
That is an awesome idea!! We have a basket of Christmas books that I brought out last week. What a fabulous idea to wrap them! Then it really gets them excited about reading. Great idea!
Hope you're having a great week!
And feel free to use that 1 Corinthians post! I borrowed it from someone else last year. Sorry to respond here, but my FB inbox is messing up.
That's a great idea. I love stealing ideas from blogs! :)
That is such a cute idea! We check out Christmas books from the library too, so we can hear different types of stories. One of our favorites is "God Gave Us Christmas".
We have a basket FULL of Christmas books- some of our favorites are: Christmas Mouse, Snowmen at Night, Christmas in the Barn, and I Believe in Santa Claus (a great book that relates Santa to the real meaning of Christmas- Jesus!!).
Have fun!
~Becca
What an awesome way to count down the days until Christmas! I would love a copy of your recommended list ~ maybe I'll start collecting now so I have a complete set by the time I have little ones. :o)
Please don't think I'm crazy! I found your blog through Teresa Powell's blog. I am one of her "elves". I was just browsing around looking for new Christmas ideas. I LOVE the book idea...and your son's birthday party was just adorable. You are so creative!!
great idea!!
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