Monday, December 24, 2007

On the 11th day of Christmas

my true love gave to me 11 Christmas Traditions...
1. Always read Twas the Night Before Christmas to the kids at bedtime on Christmas Eve.
2. Decorate at least one tree preferably more.
3. Buy each child an ornament (at least one) that reflects what they are "into" at that point in their life. Each child will then have a full set to be handed to them when they are grown and have a tree of their own.
4. Pray that the Elf on the Shelf comes back each year to watch over our children and report their actions, good or bad, back to Santa each and every night until Christmas Eve.
5. Open the box "What God Wants For Christmas" each year one week before Christmas and open the boxes, 1 per day, and read the store of Jesus.
6. Decorate the outside of the house.
7. Make sugar cookies and decorate them for Santa.
8. Three gifts per child under the tree, one for each of the wisemen that visited Jesus.
9. Have a birthday party for Jesus every year and involve the red velvet cake to reflect upon the blood Jesus shed for us.
10. Have a big dinner each Christmas Day.
11. Read the story of Jesus directly from the Bible.

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