On our 6th day to countdown to Christmas Eve, we opened our book and A Pirate’s Twelve Days of Christmas appeared. On the first day of Christmas, a gift was sent to me: a parrot in a palm tree! Ahoy mateys–Christmas is coming and even pirates celebrate the holiday! This follow-up to the hugely popular A… Read More »
Christmas Countdown Book December 5
On our 5th day to countdown to Christmas Eve, we opened our book and Christmas Magic: A Changing Picture Book appeared. This book would be a lot of fun throughout the entire Christmas Season; there are so many fun pictures to check out, stories to read and the best part, you can flip each picture… Read More »
Christmas Countdown Book December 4
Stable in Bethlehem: A Countdown to Christmas From 12 drowsy doves to 7 soft sheep to 4 shaggy camels, this lovely board-book edition of Stable in Bethlehem celebrates the wonders of Christmas–with a counting concept built right in. Joy N. Hulme and Dan Andreasen, the team behind the Sterling picture book Easter Babies, perfectly capture… Read More »
Christmas Countdown Book December 2
Sad Santa by Tad Carpenter On our 2nd day to countdown to Christmas Eve, we opened our book and Sad Santa by Tad Carpenter appeared. For Santa, December 26th was a horrible, awful day. It was THE WORST DAY OF THE YEAR. Santa gets the post-holiday blues … When the toys are all made, the presents… Read More »
Happy First Advent
Today is the First Advent, I know some people here celebrate this and some don’t know what it is about. I would love to introduce you to the advent wreath and give you some background on how we celebrated Advent when I grew up in Germany. Each Sunday starting with the last Sunday in November… Read More »
Make your own Advent Wreath #Craft
I finished our Advent “Wreath” for the season. Every first Sunday in December the Advent Season starts. Advent is BIG in Germany and I try to keep that tradition going with my family as well. I always have a hard time finding all the items to make my very own, traditional Advent Wreath, so each… Read More »
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