the CHRISTMAS ADVENT blog: 2010 advent'ING

Thursday, November 25, 2010

the advent'ING schedule for 2010

We're tweaking the schedule to fit our lives a bit better. This year the daily themes will go as follows:

Monday - Giving *NEW*

Tuesday - Playing

Wednesday - Creating

Thursday - Baking

Friday - Watching

Saturday - Doing

Sunday - Reading

Special Deliveries will be EXTRA'S on certain days. That's the sneak peek into what's to come for us in December, feel free to join in on the fun! I'll be providing lots of ideas for each category over the next few weeks as a resource to those interested in giving it a try, or perhaps doing a mini 12 days of Christmas version this year.

Why an Advent Tradition?

Let me share a few benefits that have been born from this tradition:

1) we enjoy a much more focused Christmas. All those activities and little projects we want to accomplish over the holidays are easily fit in over the course of December.

2) Christmas morning becomes less about presents. Yes, you heard me right. It doesn't steal the thunder of Christmas morning, but for my daughter, it has provided the opportunity for us to have a simpler Christmas because of all the little surprises (even though most of them are things we already have on hand).

3) It helps keep us busy families a bit more organized. Never a bad thing.

4) You can incorporate things you already plan on doing into the advent - church Christmas parties, school productions, shopping trips, can all be added in and made a bit more special.