I can not wait to share with you guys a tradition my family and I have been doing for about 6 years so far!!
Christmas is a special time for me for many reasons! Yes, I love the holiday spirit, the twinkling lights and all of that! But for me, its mostly about my family, and creating traditions, ones I’ve never had.
One of those traditions is our yearly advent calendar! Now yes, those cute ones that you get from the store, with the chocolate inside, is all fine and dandy!
But for ours, I wanted us to “do something” every day. When they were younger, we did more simpler things, but now that they are older, we really get to use the advent calendar not only to have fun, but to continue on with certain traditions, and also teach them what the meaning of Christmas is all about, and make sure that they know how important it is to give back as well!
I get so many questions about our advent calendar, so I thought it would be fun to share here with you our weekly events! Now, these change each and every year, but some of them have remained the same, just on different days! The girls have no idea what that day will entail, until they open it! And yes, I leave two pieces of chocolate in there for them!
Day 1- Pick out Ornament!
Day 2- Decorate the Tree!
Day 3- Toys for Tots Night-
the girls have done this since the start of our advent calendar, and they love picking out a toy for a girl and boy who may not be as lucky as them!
Day 4 Movie Night- Polar Express
Day 5- Visit Santa!
Day 6- Sibling Shopping Night
Another tradition they have loved for so long! Shopping for each other!
Day 7 Movie Night
(we had to add this in because one of the girls were sick so we rescheduled what was on the calendar!). Didn’t get a picture but they had a marathon of The Santa Clause Movies!
Hope you enjoyed this weeks Advent Calendar activities! Do you implement your own Advent Calendar for your family! Hope you love these ideas!
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