Since this last week of Advent is basically, well, TODAY, I’m going to share our Christmas Traditions as well as my Advent Book list — check out your favorite Catholic bookseller to see if any are on clearance after Christmas ;). On to the details! Christmas Traditions While I wish we could do […] Read more…
Advent and Christmas Traditions with Small Children {@ Catholic Mom} &
I forgot to share this post I wrote over at CatholicMom.com last month — Advent and Christmas Traditions with Small Children. Every year, I determine that I want to make Advent less of a Christmas preparation and more of a Christmas ANTICIPATION. I want Christ to be the center of Christmas for our family. Each […] Read more…
Second Week of Advent 2012
Last week didn’t go exactly as planned. We had a last minute Baptism on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, too! It was a big day and I didn’t have to cook ;). We are still downstate and will hopefully be able to see my cousins (who are my youngest daughter’s Godparents). We overslept […] Read more…
Christmas Traditions 2012 {Top 10 Tuesday}
Again, I have decided to pare back our Christmas activities. Or maybe, more accurately, I have decided to stop pressuring myself to do. it. all. I have also been trying to hit a balance of being more Christ-centered and using Advent as a time of anticipation and not being all “Christmas-ed” out by […] Read more…