We try to do a morning devotion each day before the kids head off to school. At Grace’s request, we are now doing these each morning as a countdown to Christmas. They are a product from Dennis Rainey’s ‘Family Life Today’ organization. There are twelve different ornaments representing twelve different names used for Jesus. I have let the children each take a turn at reading the little devotion inside each ornament and sharing what it means to them. After reading, they get to place the ornament on our Christmas tree.
Our children still have the chocolate advent calendars every night after dinner, but this new family tradition I pray will become a lasting one. It has been such a blessing to bring Jesus front and center where He belongs this season.
**I checked and found out that they no longer sell these through ‘Family Life’ (they were a gift from Papa and Nana), and I couldn’t find them on Ebay or Half.com either. Dagnabbitt!**
Do you have a traditional countdown to Christmas that you do with your family???
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