We have started our Christmas holiday season and I just LOVE it and the kids are really appreciating it and so I thought we would share what we do each day.
Yesterday was the first day and we set up a new smaller tree in a different room. On this tree were all our symbols of Christ in Christmas. We had a lesson about each symbol and then put them up on the tree. We will add some more to it, but this is how it started:
Stars: We found some glittery start ornaments and talked about how Christ is the light of the world. And He always leaves a path to find Him. When He was born, God put a new start in the sky, announcing His birth and leading people to Him. We can see the path God left for us to find Jesus today through our scriptures and the prophets words.
Bell: We found some bell ornaments. We talked about how shepherds call their sheep using a bell and by name. We know that Jesus calls us to be part of His flock. He wants us to follow Him. We need to listen for His voice and do what He says. The bell calls the sheep together for safety and for food.
Candy Canes: We love to decorate with candycanes. We talked about how if a sheep strays from the flock, the shepherd uses the crook to bring him back in. If we make poor choices and stray from the flock, we can repent and be brought back in with the shepherds crook.
And we put up a nativity set of ornaments. It had all the pieces. So as we hung up each piece, we talked about how that character is important in the birth of Jesus.
It was a beautiful evening. We all love it.
We will be focusing on the Atonement of Jesus through this next month as well as ways to serve Him and more about His teachings. Tonight we asked our 13 year old daughter to teach us about Mercy and God's grace and how it applies to her. We'll see what she comes up with. :) And we will be decorating gingerbread people. I better get baking!!!
I told the kids no matter what is going on through December, the 7 PM hour is mine. :)
3 comments:
Jen- Your family has grown and are so cute! My bolg is theselvidgefamily.blogspot.com Merry Christmas and I love the true focus on the Savior that is what we are doing since the gifts will be way less this year. I miss you guys!
You are such an inspiration. I love your great ideas.
Fabulous ideas! I should have come on here days ago, but we will start tomorrow. Thanks as always for being such a great example...in such a loving and very real way!
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