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The Christmas Angel

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Christmas is my absolute most favorite time of the year! I especially love the joy that it brings to my children! As part of the holiday season, I love planning fun little holiday activities for them through the month of December and this year is no different! In fact, my latest discovery, The Christmas Angel, will definitely play a part in our Christmas celebration this year!

The Christmas Angel

What is The Christmas Angel?

The Christmas Angel is a fun, creative storybook set designed to help you create a fun family tradition centered around the true meaning of Christmas! It is a wonderful tool that helps remind children about the joy of giving to others! 

From the Creators:

Check out the video from the creators Lisa and Patrick Dorough explaining The Christmas Angel and how it came about!

 
What an amazing opportunity we have as parents to instill values and principles into our children. The Christmas season is about a precious story to celebrate a gift that none of us deserve, but have an opportunity to receive. The birth of Jesus is the greatest example of love. So how can we show the same love to others? Simply by putting others before ourselves. We should help our children focus on giving rather than receiving, for that is the true spirit of Christmas.
~ Lisa Dorough, The Story Behind the Story

What Comes in The Christmas Angel Set?

The Christmas Angel Storybook Set comes with a cute plush angel, a beautifully illustrated full-color hardback book, and a packet of gold glitter (aka golden dust). To top it all off, the set also includes a keepsake tin to store everything so that the set can be treasured and used year after year! 

The Christmas Angel Tin Storage Box

     

The Story of The Christmas Angel

The story of The Christmas Angel is a beautiful story about a little girl who awakes to an angel sent from God. The angel tells her about the birth of Jesus and then encourages her to spread the joyous news to people everywhere! The angel explains that God gave us His special gift, Jesus! In the same spirit we should also give to others! 

The Christmas Angel

Choose to GIVE Today!

So often my kids get caught up in what they will receive during the holiday season. I love that the story of The Christmas Angel encourages the children to find creative ways to give to others, showing the true spirit of the Christmas season!

The Christmas Angel

The book even suggests ideas for giving…making Christmas cards, singing Christmas carols…

The Christmas Angel

…giving candy canes to neighbors and spending time with them to tell them of God’s love…sharing your toys with children in need…

The Christmas Angel

I have been doing some of my own brainstorming and I am very excited to get my kids involved in focusing more on the giving than the receiving this Christmas season!

Hints in the Golden Dust

In the storybook, the Christmas Angel leaves hints in golden dust. This is where the glitter comes in! The Christmas Angel visits YOUR child and leaves hints in the golden dust about what THEY get to do to share the gift of God’s love with others.

The Christmas Angel

Simply pour the glitter into the lid of the tin to leave hints about how you will spread the gift of God’s love to others for that day! (It reminds me of the salt box we made for practicing penmanship!)

The Christmas Angel Golden Dust

Hide the Christmas Angel along with the hints in the golden dust. Send your little ones off to find the angel and discover what fun what they will share the true spirit of the holiday, giving!

How we will use The Christmas Angel:

First, we will read The Christmas Angel storybook on November 30th and I will get them excited about what surprises are in store. Each day in December I will have an activity for the kids to spread Christmas joy to others through giving!

As much as I love the idea of writing in the golden dust, I have a backup plan in case one of my kids just happen to accidentally knock over the glitter in their excitement! Yes, I can TOTALLY see this happening! So, thinking ahead, I used a bit of the glitter to decorate an envelope with the word GIVE. I will write the hints in gold ink on an index card and place it inside the envelope.

The Christmas Angel

Each day I will hide the angel along with the glittery envelope filled with a hint written in gold ink! The kids will run around the house searching for the angel, excited to discover how they will get to bless someone that day through giving!

The Christmas Angel

I am excited to use The Christmas Angel with my kids this year! I know they will be thrilled searching for the angel but I will be even more thrilled that they will be learning that the greater blessing is to give than to receive!

Purchase The Christmas Angel

Would you like to begin a new Christmas tradition with your children by restoring the true GIVING spirit of Christmas? Purchase The Christmas Angel for the special little ones in your life for only $29.95. For more information, be sure to visit The Christmas Angel website or find them on Facebook or Twitter.

Purchase The Christmas Angel

Win a Christmas Angel Storybook Set

Would you like to win a Christmas Angel Storybook Set? You can enter to win using Rafflecopter below. (If you are reading this post via email or via a reader and the giveaway widget does not appear below, visit the actual blog post or click the link below to enter.) Giveaway is open to anyone. Giveaway ends 11/11/12. The winner will be emailed and announced on the giveaway widget. Winner will have 48 hours to respond to the email or a new winner will be selected.

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Even More Ways to Win The Christmas Angel

Want another chance to win a Christmas Child Storybook Set plus some other great prizes? Be sure to check out the iHomeschool Network Christmas Facebook party on Tuesday, November 13, 2012!

For even more ways to win, be sure to stop by the bloggers listed below who are also hosting giveaways:

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This product was given to me free of charge. I do not have to return the product to the vendor. I was compensated for my time invested in reviewing the product. All opinions expressed in this post are my own and I was not required to post a positive review.

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  1. Mama Jenn

    November 24, 2012 at 4:46 am

    Thanks for sharing Cherie! I’m about to google it now!

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  2. Jennifer Blake

    November 12, 2012 at 3:30 am

    we love reading our advent book each night leading up to christmas and the kids love making a prayer chain. We read one persons name off of it each night. That is a favorite of mine

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  3. mamaanna

    November 12, 2012 at 3:15 am

    Our Christmas tradition is to do a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child every year. We also have an Advent wreath and do daily devotions.

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  4. Mama Jenn

    November 12, 2012 at 1:14 am

    My parents put oranges in our stockings too! 😉

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  5. Cortney

    November 11, 2012 at 11:58 pm

    When I was a child we used to always get oranges in our stockings. To this day (I am now 32) it just doesn’t seem like Christmas unless I have an orange in my stocking.

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  6. Cherie Pieklik Harris

    November 11, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    The book we use is “A Family Advent: Keeping the Savior in the Season.” We have a 12yo & a 5yo so we wanted to find something that worked for both children. We’ve used it for a couple of years now and really enjoy it!

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  7. Darla Bunyan

    November 10, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    I LOVE this idea!!! Our family traditions are always based on serving others. We usually find needy families and help them have a nice Christmas. This year we participated in Operation Christmas Child as well, and it is a tradition we all agreed we would continue year after year! It was amazing to see how excited my children were in doing something for someone else. They also begged to do multiple boxes, and asked to take from their own Christmas budget! I was proud. I believe this will be an exciting addition to our family!!!

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  8. rcxo324

    November 10, 2012 at 6:29 am

    oh that sounds wonderful. thanks for the great idea =)

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  9. Mama Jenn

    November 10, 2012 at 5:02 am

    Thanks for sharing Cherie! Do you mind sharing the name of the Advent book you use? I would love to check it out!

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  10. Mama Jenn

    November 10, 2012 at 5:01 am

    Sounds like fun! My kids always love having hot cocoa and driving around looking at the Christmas lights!

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  11. Krissy Matlock

    November 10, 2012 at 4:45 am

    My favorite tradition is on Christmas Eve. We pass out homemade goodies to our neighbors and I love making the kids wear Santa hats while they do this. A few hours before bed, we make hot cocoa to go and drive through the park to look at the Christmas lights. Then, the kids put on their p.j.’s and they get to open up one present before bed. I love Christmas Eve.

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  12. Cherie

    November 10, 2012 at 1:44 am

    We have an Advent book that we read every night after dinner. It has devotions, crafts, and ways to serve during this season. We also try to say no more to different commitments so that we can slow down and remember what this season is truly about.

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  13. Mama Jenn

    November 10, 2012 at 12:25 am

    Oh yes, we love looking at all the Christmas lights as well!

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  14. juliea

    November 9, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    we’re all about the cookies!!!

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  15. Kala

    November 9, 2012 at 6:28 pm

    we make a birthday cake for Jesus, drive around looking at lights, and open 3 gifts (always pjs, christmas pillow case and a special ornament). We read the Christmas story from the Bible before bed.

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  16. Jennie Mason

    November 9, 2012 at 5:27 pm

    This sounds like an awesome way to celebrate the birth of our Savior!

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  17. hervin02

    November 9, 2012 at 5:19 pm

    What a cute idea! I definitely like this better than the Elf on the Shelf.

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  18. Mama Jenn

    November 9, 2012 at 5:00 pm

    Um, yeah, I think I would try to leave that one behind too! LOL!!

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  19. Mama Jenn

    November 9, 2012 at 4:59 pm

    What a neat tradition!!!

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  20. Mama Jenn

    November 9, 2012 at 4:58 pm

    Oooohhhh…Waffle House!!!!

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  21. Shannon Diaz

    November 9, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    We always have a birthday party for Jesus.

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  22. Jennifer H

    November 9, 2012 at 12:26 pm

    our favorite tradition is eating at Waffle House on Christmas Eve and then driving around to look at lights!

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  23. Heidi Meinecke-Smith

    November 9, 2012 at 5:12 am

    we don’t have any “hard-and-fast” traditions but I do always hang the Christmas ornament from my parents first Christmas together. It’s old and battered, and they aren’t even married anymore but it is where I came from and to me it resembles home…

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  24. Laura Haggard Witten

    November 9, 2012 at 2:36 am

    cute! i like this better than elf on the shelf 🙂

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  25. Kelly

    November 9, 2012 at 2:25 am

    I love making cookies with my kids.

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  26. Rebekah Gorden

    November 9, 2012 at 2:08 am

    We have a special Christmas blanket. One child uses the blanket Dec. 1 and then passes it to the next child for a night and they keep taking turns all the way till Christmas Eve night, then they put it under the Nativity scene to get ready to celebrate Jesus’ birthday because He was born in the night.

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  27. Julie Campbell

    November 9, 2012 at 1:49 am

    So many traditions and adding new ones all of the time. Getting up at 3:00 in the morning has become a new “tradition” for my 2 little ones the last 2 years! Now that is one I am hoping to leave behind this year.

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  28. Mama Jenn

    November 9, 2012 at 1:45 am

    What a neat tradition Rebekah! Thanks for sharing!

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  29. Rebekah Kuriakose

    November 9, 2012 at 1:16 am

    We have an 8 inch wooden cross that we always hide in the middle of our Christmas tree…usually around the height level of the kids. It is a constant reminder of why Christ came and how we choose to put Him in the middle of our Christmas.

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  30. Kathy Balman

    November 9, 2012 at 12:41 am

    We love doing our truth in the tinsel advent its our newest tradition. we also do gingerbread houses every year.

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  31. Jennifer McCann Legg

    November 9, 2012 at 12:27 am

    To ease the anxiousness of our children we have a tradition of opening one of our stocking gifts every night for 5 nights before Christmas!

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  32. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:51 pm

    What a neat and practical way to teach your kids about giving and sacrificing for others!

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  33. Tammy Cooke Dowell

    November 8, 2012 at 11:50 pm

    One of our traditions is to make a Jesse Tree with ornaments to tell the lineage and story of Jesus’ birth.

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  34. Tammy Cooke Dowell

    November 8, 2012 at 11:49 pm

    I simply love the idea of the Christmas Angel!!! What a wonderful idea! Thanks for the opportunity to share and teach our children more about giving.

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  35. Valerie Wade Blaisdell

    November 8, 2012 at 11:38 pm

    We have a favorite book – The Kings Christmas List by Eldon Johnson, which is based on Matthew 25:40 – we start the Christmas season with that book and then as a family pick a goal of giving from the Samaritans purse “catalog” – and set a goal to give ???? (4 chickens) and then pick out something we’d give up. Then the money we save from doing that goes into our giving stocking. Last year we gave up “drinks” and any money that would’ve gone to soft drinks with dinners out, or to buy to have at home was saved and used to send gifts to those in need. My kids have already asked when we’d come up with our giving plan again.

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  36. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:38 pm

    I absolutely L.O.V.E this idea…I might have found another addition to our Christmas plans!!! {grins}

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  37. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:38 pm

    What a fun tradition!!!

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  38. Cheryl Prether

    November 8, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    What a great idea! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  39. Tap Katie Hornor

    November 8, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    We always bring our gifts down on Christmas eve to put under the tree, all jumbled up, but Christmas morning when everyone wakes up they have “magically” been organized in beautiful rows under the tree!

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  40. Melissa Peterson

    November 8, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    We have a tradition where everyday in the month of December we open a ‘new’ (or put away since last Christmas) Christmas book and then do a Christmas activity (throw a bday party for Jesus, put $ in Salvation Army bucket, give to toys for tots etc.). This would be a great addition for us!! 🙂

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  41. Stephanie Hale Eidson

    November 8, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    My favorite Christmas Tradition started when I was very young. As far back as I can remember my mamaw would pull me to the counter and we would mix up some cookies together. We would decorate them with icing and share them with the family. She passed right after my first baby was born and I was lucky enough to inheirit her cookie cutters that we used to bake those cookies. Each year my children and I bake up a batch of those cookies and remember her!

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  42. Rhonda

    November 8, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    We give the kids (and us!) new Christmas pajamas on Christmas Eve for them to sleep in and we take family photos in the morning in front of the tree. This year, since we’re adding another kid, we’re not buying pajamas for the parents, but we’ll wrap up a new Christmas movie with some popcorn and hot chocolate mix.

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  43. Kelly M Wooten

    November 8, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    I love this!! We are looking to start a new tradition with our little girls and this is so much better than Elf on a Shelf!!!

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  44. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    My kids LONG for the day after Thanksgiving when all of the Christmas shows start coming on TV. I think that is about the time that our DVR gets completely full! LOL!!

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  45. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    Yep, Christmas music and decorating the tree rank pretty high on the list for me!

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  46. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    We have done the birthday cake and sing happy bday as well! One of our traditions before opening presents the kids act out the Christmas story!

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  47. rcxo324

    November 8, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    On Christmas Morning BEFORE opening presents the lil’ ones put baby Jesus in the Manger and then we take out the birthday cake and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus. It is important to remind the that Jesus is here bc of God’s love for them and that He’s the greatest present and the reason we celebrate!!! I love traditions and we even celebrate the Epiphany; the Christmas Angel would be an amazing addition to their learning and sharing of the Good News!!

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  48. Sara Grant

    November 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    um I don’t think i have a ‘set” tradition. I have read the birth of christ out of the bible to things that tell why we have Christmas. or both this year Im thinking about doing jesse tree. and maybe this.???

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  49. Bethany

    November 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    I love reading the Christmas story from the Bible each Christmas Eve with my family. Also, decorating our Christmas tree with Christmas music playing in the background!

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  50. beachmama4

    November 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    Our favorite Christmas tradition is baking cut-out sugar cookies!

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  51. Jaclyn F.

    November 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    We give the kids new pj’s every Christmas and they get to open 1 gift on Christmas eve.

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  52. Kimberly Nelson

    November 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    I read about this last year but ran out of time to get one. We already have an elf on the shelf, but I love the angel idea with a mission to do for others each day. Thanks for the opportunity!

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  53. Jessica Evans

    November 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    I’ve been telling everyone I know about this angel, it’s such a wonderful alternative to Elf on a Shelf!! I’m going to spend the next $30 I have on one, but winning one would be wonderful!!!

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  54. Calley Sassin

    November 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    Wow! HOw neat!!!We make a birthday cake for Jesus and cards every year telling Jesus why we are thankful He came.

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  55. ticiaM

    November 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    We always watch Muppet Christmas Carol the day after Thanksgiving.
    For a more Christ oriented tradition, we have several Advent traditions we started last year, reading the story of how God moved in history so Christ could come.

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  56. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    I have a friend who does new Christmas PJs too! I love that idea, but have just never implemented it! We are still planning to do Truth in the Tinsel this year PLUS The Christmas Angel! I’m super excited b/c this is my most favorite time of the year!

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  57. Mama R

    November 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    I love this! We started the Truth in the Tinsel last year because you recommended it. One of our favorite Christmas traditions is after Christmas Eve service at church, we come home and everyone gets new pajamas to wear to bed and into Christmas Day. We usually have some eggnog or hot cocoa by the fire before bed and spend time together as a family.

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  58. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    Monica! This is perfectly fine! As long as you leave your comment telling my your tradition, it is all good! 😉 I have never heard of the Noel Calendar. I’m gonna have to check that out!!

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  59. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    Yep, being with family is one of the best parts! Believe it or not, that was one of the motivations of me wanting to have so many kids…so we will hopefully have a house full every Christmas! LOL!

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  60. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    Love it! A family craft day sounds like fun!

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  61. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    Caterina, I agree! We did Truth in the Tinsel last year and love it! I am excited to do it again this year…but we will be doing something special with the printable ornaments. (I don’t think our tree could handle anymore ornaments hanging on it!) I am also excited to use the Christmas Angel, because it will be there perfect way to get the kids excited about some of the activities that I had already planned to do with them this Christmas season!

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  62. Caterina Mangano

    November 8, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    This looks wonderful! We began Truth in the Tinsel last year. Which was great. We had a lot of fun and experiencing the true meaning of Christmas time. This is so important. This would be another wonderful tradition to begin. Thanks for the chance to win, Caterina

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  63. Lora Gaul

    November 8, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    We started a tradition of a family craft day a few weeks before Christmas. Just a nice family time together.
    [email protected]

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  64. Marcia Singleton

    November 8, 2012 at 11:33 pm

    I’m not sure if I have a favorite tradition, but I love getting together with extended family that i don’t see often and enjoying them.

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  65. Amy Cooper-Arnold

    November 8, 2012 at 11:33 pm

    I love this! My favorite Christmas tradition is lighting the Advent candles.

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  66. sandy

    November 8, 2012 at 11:33 pm

    I love Christmas traditions with all of my kids and can’t wait to start some new ones this year!

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  67. Jackie

    November 8, 2012 at 11:33 pm

    Thanks for sharing this, Jenn. I am looking forward to reading this with my family!

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  68. Monica

    November 8, 2012 at 11:30 pm

    I think I have done something wrong in entering the giveaway. I wanted to live my comment about favorite Christmas tradition but somehow marked I did it before I did it. So can I say it here? Smile! We have a “Noel Calendar” from Desiring God Ministry that we do each day and it is super. Each day you put a symbol on the Christmas season and tell the story up to that symbol. By the end the kids can easily tell the whole story!
    Monica
    [email protected]

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  69. Jennifer

    November 8, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    We like to do different things each year but last year we did the Jesse Tree for the first time. This has become our new tradition. This year, instead of paper ornaments we are going to make sturdier, permanent ornaments so the tradition can continue.

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  70. Mama Jenn

    November 8, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    I never did the elf, but I am excited to do this with my kids! I know they will love it! FYI, if this is supposed to be your entry for the giveaway, be sure to come back and tell me one of your favorite Christmas traditions!

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  71. Bonnie Adams

    November 8, 2012 at 11:27 pm

    Such a cute idea! I like it much more than the elf. 🙂

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  72. Jennifer

    November 8, 2012 at 11:27 pm

    What a great idea! I love it!

    Reply

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