I hope everyone is taking the time to enjoy the season! I like to TRY get all of my shopping done (or at least most of it) prior to Thanksgiving, so I can just sit back and take in all the sights and sounds of the season (and avoid the crazy crowds at the mall)...
This year, for Christmas, the kids and I are using our "An Advent of Ideas" book. It is pretty cool, in that it has a piece of the Christmas story and an activity for every day of December until Christmas. We made this advent wreath to place on our table-
I used the kids' cut out hand prints to make the wreath part. The pink candle is "lit" the first week, representing God's love for us. The white candle represents Christ's purity. The three purple candles (lit each subsequent week) represent Prophecy (reminding us that Jesus' coming was prophesied hundreds of years before he was born), Bethlehem, and the Angels. That is all according to our "An Advent of Ideas" book- I have seen other interpretations on the Internet, though...
The kids also made origami donkeys, to remind them of how Mary got from Nazareth to Bethlehem- we marked those two places on our map to see how far away it was (70 miles as the crow flies)... 
I am excited about how all of this unfolding, because even my 3 y/o dd is catching on to the wonder of it all.
We found this Nativity Lapbook on the internet! It was especially fun for my 3 y/o, but the boys enjoyed making one for themselves as well.
The boys made this video (well, they put together the story and told me when to film- then Dad & I helped with the editing). They actually made it as an assignment for Thomas Edison (motion pictures), but they chose The Christmas Story to be their theme, and finished it in December, so I'll add it to this post... I thought they did a pretty good job- especially considering "Mary" bailed on them at the last minute and they had to improvise from there...
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