"Advent"ures in Christmas

This year our calendar is full of fun things to do together as a family since one of our goals is to connect more with each other.  Of course, each little door has a treat as well.  In the past we've tried service or scriptures to fill them, but no one really got excited about it -- except for the candy.  This year it's filled with traditions as well as a few service traditions.  I'm really excited about this year as we've added some new things to do.  Listed below the picture is our list of 25 things we are doing this month. Many are very specific to a day since that's when the event is happening.  What traditions are you doing this year that you are excited to do?

 

25 Days of Christmas

Decorate your tree downstairs
Go see the lights in Spanish Fork
Set up Nativity
Go to the Festival of Trees
Go to the Payson Creche Display
Watch Christmas Devotional and decorate Gingerbread Cookies
Decorate Gingerbread house
Write a letter to Santa
Have an indoor snowball fight
Shop for gifts for other children (Angel tree at Walmart)
Make a craft with Mom
Go to the Christmas party at church
Stake Christmas fireside
Make Christmas cards for Grandparents
 Leave a treat and “doorbell ditch” a neighbor
Drive around and look at light displays and listen Christmas music
Go to Jackson’s Choir concert
Have a family Christmas movie night with popcorn
Shop for a gift for your siblings
Watch Church Christmas movies and eat popcorn
Deliver Neighbor Gifts
Buy your Christmas morning cereal
Have lunch at a special restaurant with our family
Wear new jammies to bed
Read the story about the birth of Jesus