Christmas is my favorite time of the year! While yes, it is incredibly busy, it is also so magical! I am fairly certain that the love language I love the best is giving gifts! I LOVE to find the perfect gifts for people! I get just as much joy watching them open the gift as (hopefully!) they get receiving the gift! And while my children certainly LOVE to receive gifts, I want them to experience the joy of giving as well! I also want the to remember the fun things we did as a family! Check out the fun things we do every year as a family! Elf on the Shelf Yes, we are "that" family that embraces this silly, but fun, tradition! You can read all about what we do here. And you can follow my Pinterest board here for great ideas. If you don't have an Elf on the Shelf yet, it sure is a fun tradition in our house that the kids look forward to every year! The elf appears on December 1 every year with a gift that includes new pajamas for the kids, pop corn, hot chocolate, and a movie the whole family can enjoy! You've Been Socked Another fun tradition we do in our neighborhood is "You've Been Socked"! Buy an inexpensive stocking and fill it with goodies for a family in the neighborhood! Attached the "You've Been Socked" poem and make extra copies of the "We've Been Socked" paper. After the stocking is filled, deliver it to a family in your neighborhood! Ring their doorbell and run away so they don't know who "socked" them! They have 24 hours to "sock" someone else! Once you have been "socked", tape the "We've Been Socked" paper to your door. The Sparkle Box We haven't started this tradition yet, but I just ordered this book (The Sparkle Box) to do with our family this year. Several of my friends do this tradition and love it! Basically, you do kind things for others throughout the month of December. Every time you do something kind, the parents write it down and put it in the box. On Christmas morning, the kids open the box and read the kind things that have been done as a family. Christmas Book Advent Another fun thing we do is a Christmas Book Advent! I wrap 24 books (usually Christmas books), and each day we unwrap one and read it! I don't buy all new books, but I wrap our favorite Christmas books that we reread every year!! What are some traditions you do at your house?? Merry Christmas to you all!
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