Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Christmas Family Traditions

Every Christmas Eve since my oldest child was 4, I visited our home as Santa. I'll be posting a video tribute to that event soon, so keep watching. I won't be doing that this year for the first time because my youngest two are about 99% certain it's me. I never seem to be around when Santa visits. They also discovered my tattered, worn out Santa suit....wouldn't have made it beyond this year anyway. That's OK, I have something else planned so please don't tell my kids. Shhhh!

We also like to go to the church plays. One in particular is done every other year by a small country church near our home. The entire church membership participates in an outdoor play of Jesus' birth, with the guests walking from scene to scene through the woods. It ALWAYS turns cold the week of that play...which makes the hot chocolate and desserts afterwards by the church fireplace a kid favorite.

What family traditions do you have for Christmas?


Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Christmas Lights Video

This is an actual house, with the lights choreographed to Amazing Grace with a techno twist. Created by Richard Holdman, with 45,000 lights and 176 channels of computer control.

Amazing Grace Techno - Computer Controlled Christmas Lights from Richard Holdman on Vimeo.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Printable Christmas Story Poem – Twas the Night of Jesus’ Birth


Came across this cute rewrite of the poem "Twas the Night before Christmas," written by Felicia Mollohan at the Ministry to Children blog. It's a printable story about Jesus' birth that can be read aloud and shared with children. This is putting the Christ into Christmas.