It's hard to believe that once again I find myself retrieving boxes off the top shelf and getting Christmas decorations out, deciding on gifts, making list after list, brainstorming about goodies, and all that goes along with Christmas.Instead of totally neglecting my blog during this time of year, I am going to try something different. For the next little while I am going to share 12 different ways/things we do around our home to get us into the Christmas spirit and to celebrate the holiday. Kind of like the 12 days of Christmas, if you will.
Number one.
The very first thing we do and probably the most popular among my kids is the Elf on the Shelf. He quietly appears on the first day of December and he leaves just the same Christmas Eve.
In short, every day he sits somewhere in your home to see who has been naughty or nice. At night, when everyone is asleep, he flies back to the North Pole to report to Santa and returns again before anyone wakes up, only to be a different location.
If you do not have one of these I highly recommend you get one. We received ours as a gift about four years ago (thank you mom) and have loved it ever since. I have to say he is a huge influence on my kids and how they act during this time of year.
2 comments:
I even love watching where he "pops" up at! What a fun tradition.
Thanks for sharing your traditions!! I love wrapping up the books, we read them anyway by the light of the tree, next year I will have to wrap them up!
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