Just to name a few:
1. Decorate tree with music and hot chocolate (screaming kids optional)
2. Elf on the Shelf (a must...and yes we've had a few incidents of "ELF (in our case "willy billy") DOWN"...everyone panics and he just has to lay there and we cross our fingers that he will fly home to the north pole that night...so far our plan has worked) and yes there was a night that to everyone's surprise (especially me) that he didn't move...I recovered quickly since he was in the boys room and said that he must have needed an extra day to watch them :)
3. Read from the Christmas Treasury book that my grandmother gave us - do this nightly since there are 25 joys of Christmas that we need to review.
4. Grandmas baking day (even if I have to call and remind her that we haven't forgotten :)
5. Polar Express
6. Christmas cards
7. Christmas stories
8. **NEW**Christmas Light's WINNER (Tia devised this great doorbell ditching award - a plate of goodies to the house with the best lights...there are lots of things that go in to consideration of this award i.e. a decorated house in the middle of a massive neighborhood that is completely black and FULL OF SCROOGES!! There were plenty of those around here...and that would demonstrate a serious show of Christmas spirit in the midst of all the darkness :) Plus the kids love a good doorbell ditching - even if the do cheer the second the door closes?
9. Prescott Resort Gingerbread house display (complete with telling your kids no eating!)
10. Neighbor gifts
11.Christmas Eve production/nativity (I can't wait for ours this year :)
12. Gifts to Jesus
13. Presents (Mom and Dad bring the good stuff - Santa not so much...)
14. Christmas Day movie (yippee Jack Black)
15. **NEW** Christmas Day puzzle and games
16. Christmas Nativity movie (the good one with the girl from Whale Rider)
17. Christmas music of course!
If there are any I need to add by all means let me know!
Next year...I'm adding the Nutcracker with Laina.
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