Earlier this week I was so inspired from our
MOPS Christmas brunch. We had a very insightful pastor come and speak to us about how to keep Christmas simple and meaningful, followed by discussion at our individual tables about the struggles and joys of Christmas in our families. I came away full of ideas of how to enhance my family's Christmas seasons in the future. Even though I called Rick right away about all this, I know we both are so forgetful so I thought I'd jot them down here and share them with you.
Samaritans Purse: The pastor's brother and his wife have ten children and to keep Christmas simple in their household they give their children the gift of giving. Each child is given forty dollars to spend however they would like from the catalog
Samaritan's Purse, which is an international relief organization.
Jesus Ornaments: For the month of December every day you put a new ornament on your tree that has a different name of Jesus written on it. After you place the ornament on the tree, you read a passage or quote about that particular title.
Secret Elves: For the 12 days of Christmas your family draws names and secretly does nice things for each other daily until Christmas.
Nativity: Place a child friendly nativity set below your tree in front of all the presents to remind your children that the real gift of Christmas is the birth of Jesus.
There were so many other great ideas but already I have forgotten them! I'm glad I at least documented these so I can start on some of them next year. If you have any other Christmas traditions or ideas please share!
