When I was little, we had all sorts of Christmas traditions to look forward to. We'd dig out all the Christmas boxes and listen to holiday music on Thanksgiving Day, and then watch "Gentle Persuasion" (my Mom's favorite movie) or "Muppet's Christmas Carol". When we decorated the tree, my brother Tim and I always got to camp out under it the first night, and again on Christmas night (after all the presents were gone). Tim even insisted on sleeping under the tree the year he got the flu, and threw up on my sleeping bag. Yuck! On Christmas Eve, my parents would wake us and bundle us up for the midnight service. We'd watch as candle after candle was lit until the whole room glowed, to remind us that Jesus is the light in a dark world.
I'm looking forward to watching my kids enjoy the traditions, and hope to add a few of my own. Our MOPS group shared a great idea to make cinnamon rolls in the shape of a Christmas tree, put green food coloring in the icing, and let the kids decorate it like they would a gingerbread house. That becomes breakfast for Christmas morning. A friend once told me that her parents gave her an ornament every year that represented something memorable about that year. I really liked the idea, and of course there was one thing I could think of for Eva's two-year-old interests: Dora the Explorer! So she has a Dora ornament for Christmas 2007. And of course, Amanda has her "Baby's First Christmas" ornament.
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