I just thought it would be nice to share a bit of the Christmas season -- what we've been doing at our house so far!
We started the Sunday after Thanksgiving, which is the first Sunday of Advent. We got out our Advent wreath and our Christmas tree. We are so thankful that artificial trees are available here!
We have a lot of stars in our Christmas decor, to remind us of our sweet Bethany, because she had this very special star in her footprint.....
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| Bethany's special star footprint inspires our Christmas decor |
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So this is our Advent Wreath, shaped like...... a star! Every evening (okay almost) after dinner, we light the appropriate candles, and recite John 8:12 "Jesus said 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.'" Then we sing a Christmas carol together, read Scripture and a little devotional. Jonathan enjoys watching the candles, although we sometimes have to cut the hymns and readings short to be kid friendly.
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| Jesus said "I am the light of the world." John 8:12 |
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When we were putting up the tree, Jonathan of course wanted to be involved. We decided to go for the tabletop tree as we didn't think it would last very long on the floor!
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| Jonathan is an excellent helper, but has to be instructed not to eat the lights! |
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| And not to try and wobble the table so much that the tree falls off! He's got some muscles! |
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We added some decorations. We brought some special ornaments from home ......
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| Remembering our firstborn |
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| And our second blessing from the Lord! |
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| And the greatest blessing of all -- Baby Jesus! (Yes, my friend, I still have this, and it came around the world with us!) |
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| Our last vacation deserves to be on our Christmas tree forever! |
Then we added a few batik ornaments that we bought here locally....
And last, we needed a tree topper. Fortunately my neighbor had a good idea for this!
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| Aluminum foil + cardboard + toilet paper tube = WOWSA tree topper! |
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| You won't see it in Martha Stewart magazine, but our Christmas tree helps us to celebrate the Christmas Spirit! |
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All very beautiful ornaments!! We have an ikea furnished tree....we'll have to look for some of our favorite ornaments when we go home next summer. I wasn't thinking Christmas decorations when we packed last February. Good on you!
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