Are you looking for a new way to begin the countdown to
Christmas? We do a paper chain
(alternating links of red and green), an Advent box with 25 small doors that
open to a small item each day, and last year, we started a fun, new
tradition—Advent reading countdown!
We gather 25 books about Christmas, wrap them up in
Christmas wrapping paper, number them 1-25, and put them in a big basket. Then, each morning, the numbered gift
is opened and read. It’s a fun
event for children to anticipate each day, and helps keep the Christmas books
in rotation. Some of the books we
use are on our home library shelves all year, but the thrill of unwrapping a
gift adds to the excitement of December!
Our local used bookstore has quite a selection of Christmas
books priced $1-$2, so we added some new ones this year. You could easily modify this to use
library books or not do the full 25 days, but wait until the week before
Christmas. To see some of
the books we read last year, click here.
We’ll be adding more
Christmas books in upcoming weeks.
Christmas books in upcoming weeks.
The focus for us is to have some meaningful reading time
during a busy season. We
hope you will find time to sit down and read with your children during this
important time of year! Merry
Christmas!
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