The Christmas season is one of the busiest times of the year… and 2015 is no different for us! However, since Advent gives us four whole weeks to prepare for Christmas, I wrote down a bunch of ideas to encourage us to have giving hearts this season and focus on the significance of the Christmas Story (a new take on our 12 Dates!). It’s going to be a great opportunity to teach Summer about patience….waiting and hoping for something that would change the world forever, the arrival of the newborn King!!!
So here’s our list of 24 things we wanted to do together and I’ve included a Bible reading/verse for each day. There’s some pretty great resources out there for kids at Christmas, unfortunately a little older than our Summer but I’m soooo looking forward to reading those with our kids too!
Dec 1: John 1:14 -16 Decorate a tiny tree!
Dec 2: Luke 19:10 Pinecone Paint
Dec 3: Hebrews 13: 20-21 Start reading the Nativity Story
Dec 4: Mark 10: 45 Make Christmas cards and send to friends near and far!
Dec 5: 1 John 3:5, 8 Visit the Christkindlmarket
Dec 6: John 12: 27- 28 Make Christmas shapes with cookie cutters and play-doh
Dec 7: Acts 3: 22-26 Wrap up and go see the Christmas lights in Millennium Park
Dec 8: Acts 3: 22-26 Mummy and Summer’s secret Christmas shopping date for Daddy 
Dec 9: John 1: 51 Make heart ornaments for family
Dec 10: 1 John 3: 8 Bake some Christmas cookies for the neighbors
Dec11: John 3:16 Build a Snowman (weather permitting!!!)
Dec12: John 1: 1 Visit Santa Claus!
Dec13: Acts 3: 24 Homemade hot chocolate and marshmallows!
Dec14: Romans 15: 8-9 Pancake picnic for dinner
Dec 15: Matthew 2: 10 Clear out toys and donate to a local charity store
Dec16: Mark 10: 45 Read a favorite Christmas Story
Dec17: Mark 10: 44 ummm…fly home to Ireland for Christmas!
Dec18: Romans 3:25-26 Sleepover at Nana and Papa’s!!
Dec19: Acts 17: 24-25 Help wrap presents
Dec 20: Romans 5: 11 Carol Service
Dec 21: Matthew 16: 15- 17 Starbucks Date with Mum and Dad
Dec 22: Hebrews 8: 4- 10 Go see Cinderella at the Waterfront!
Dec 23: Micah 5:4- 5 Watch a Christmas movie…
Dec 24: John 6: 51 Open a special Christmas Eve Package
Dec 25: Luke 2: 11-14
* These Bible Readings have been taken from ‘The Dawning of Indestructible Joy’ by John Piper. Something we look forward to reading together at dinner, keeping Him at the center of our Christmas.
