When the decorations go up (was: Being Scrooge-like)

[Mhochberg at aol.com]

eloiseherisson at aol.com wrote:

>> Mary, that is such a lovely way of doing things. I think I'll try to do 
> something like that, starting at the beginning of the school holidays. I do 
> enjoy 
> having the house look festive, but it's a big job and easily becomes a 
> burden 
> when all done at once. To split it up and do it a bit at a time like that is 
> a 
> great idea and should keep the children happy whilst hopefully building up 
> the 
> excitement. It's a bit like turning the whole house into an Advent calendar, 
> 
> isn't it? <<

       I like the way you wrote that. Thank you! It does indeed turn the 
house itself into an Advent calendar. The reason we started doing it that way was 
because it was a big job for us too. My kids were very little at the time and 
this worked out well. They didn't get overwhelmed and did get excited each 
day, wondering what the surprise would be. 

       As for a timetable, I print out a month calendar and just start 
filling in each day. Days that are already too busy have us doing simple things like 
reading Christmas poems or stories at dinner time. If we are too tired, we 
watch Christmas movies or old tapes or look at photo albums. 

---Mary


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