A beautiful tradition that fills the home
with holiday joy.
The 30 days of Christmas.
This tradition is to wrap thirty of your Christmas cd's, books, movies, snow globes, candles, and other things that create a Christmas atmosphere. And then open one every day from Thanksgiving day to the day after Christmas. You use things you already own. If you do not have Thirty things yet you just take the amount you have and use that number to count back from Christmas day, whatever day you land on is the day you start opening these gifts. I wrap them in leftover wrinkled wrapping paper, newspaper, or brown paper bags and set them all in a big basket next to the Christmas tree. If you do not have children or your children are older most people skip wrapping them and just set them in a basket or on a shelf. With each item I wrap I also include a printed out Christmas carol. Each day we open one of these 'presents'. And we read the book, watch the movie, play the CD, light the candle, etc. and always sing the Christmas carol. I learned of this tradition years ago and it has been a wonderful way to add the feeling of gifts with out adding to the cost of Christmas. This plus the addition of a daily carol really helps to set the tone for Christmas. Did you know there are many more than thirty Christmas carols? I personally was surprised by this. A basic google search will provide you with tons of websites devoted to Christmas carols.
with holiday joy.
The 30 days of Christmas.
This tradition is to wrap thirty of your Christmas cd's, books, movies, snow globes, candles, and other things that create a Christmas atmosphere. And then open one every day from Thanksgiving day to the day after Christmas. You use things you already own. If you do not have Thirty things yet you just take the amount you have and use that number to count back from Christmas day, whatever day you land on is the day you start opening these gifts. I wrap them in leftover wrinkled wrapping paper, newspaper, or brown paper bags and set them all in a big basket next to the Christmas tree. If you do not have children or your children are older most people skip wrapping them and just set them in a basket or on a shelf. With each item I wrap I also include a printed out Christmas carol. Each day we open one of these 'presents'. And we read the book, watch the movie, play the CD, light the candle, etc. and always sing the Christmas carol. I learned of this tradition years ago and it has been a wonderful way to add the feeling of gifts with out adding to the cost of Christmas. This plus the addition of a daily carol really helps to set the tone for Christmas. Did you know there are many more than thirty Christmas carols? I personally was surprised by this. A basic google search will provide you with tons of websites devoted to Christmas carols.
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