Ho! Ho! Ho! It's December 25th ~ The Most Wonderful Day of the Year!! Merry Christmas!!
Our family loves everything about Christmas & the month of December is a time to celebrate the Greatest Birthday in the World! The Birth of Our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ!
Every year on December 1st we set up our Manger, decorate our Christmas Tree & fill our home with lights & Christmas decoration! Only in the second week of January, the celebration winds up & everything is packed away for the next Christmas! I grew up with such an elaborate Christmas celebration, thanks to my mum! She did this every year & made it a family tradition! Now we continue this wonderful tradition & my children understand that Christmas is very special to our family.
Another wonderful tradition my mother taught her girls was to add something new to the Christmas tree every year! So every year I look for at least one or two new Christmas ornaments to add to my tree at home! My husband keeps warning me that, as years go by my tree will be so full of decorations that it can fall over :-) Well, if that happens we will just have to get a bigger tree!
Our Boys love the Advent Calendar with Chocolates & we have made our own little Christmas Tradition of enjoying a Christmas treat every day from the 1st to 25th December!! I love the way my boys wait patiently to open the treat every day from their advent calendar!
Every year we attend all the Christmas celebrations & festive activities around town with our boys, making this festive season something to look forward to every year! From Carol Singing to Christmas Cookie Decoration to a Tea Party with Santa Clause, we fill our December calendar with Christmas activities every Christmas!
Christmas is for everyone & if you don't have a Christmas Tradition make one this Christmas!
Here is my Top 25 Must Do to Make Christmas more Christmasy then ever!!
- Attend Holy Mass on Christmas
- Make a Manger / Crib in your home
- Put up a Christmas Tree (however small it maybe!) & decorate it!
- Buy yourself a Santa Hat! Wear it & you will be singing Jingle Bells!
- Listen to Christmas Carols
- Go Christmas Shopping!
- Believe in Santa Clause!
- Wear something in Christmas Red / Green
- Eat Christmas Cake
- Do One Good Deed (at least!)
- Share a Christmas Meal with People You Love
- Wish everyone "Merry Christmas!"
- Say a Prayer Together as a Family
- Attend a Christmas Celebration
- Tell your Children the Christmas Story
- Learn at least one Christmas Carol by heart!
- Buy your loved ones Christmas presents! (Don't forget to wrap it!)
- Do one Christmas Craft / Project with your children
- Make a tour around town & visit all the beautiful Christmas trees, gingerbread houses & decoration in the city!
- Bake / Cook something Special for Christmas! (Cookies, Cake, Mince pies, Gingerbread House!)
- Have a Christmas Party!
- Drink a cup of Hot Chocolate & munch on Cookies sitting near your beautiful Christmas Tree!
- Take a Family Photo in front of your Christmas Tree
- Send out Christmas Cards! (Snail Mail , E-mail, Text! Whatever is your style!)
- Be Happy & Cheerful spreading the Love & Joy of Christmas to everyone around you!
Christmas is a time of Joy & Celebration when everyone around you is in a festive mood & everything is Christmasy! In the midst of all the Carol singing, Gift exchange, Santa Clause, Christmas Parties & Beautiful Winter, the most important thing is to remember the True meaning & importance of Christmas!
May Jesus Bless You Today!
Merry Christmas!!!
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