Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Christ Centered Ideas for Celebrating Christmas

Here are several ideas for daily activities to do to keep Christ in the center of your Christmas.   Perhaps you could write them down on a piece of paper, put them in a basket and pick one out for each day.   

Make a birthday cake for Jesus and sing Happy Birthday!

Make thank you notes to use after Christmas

Attend a live nativity scene together

Learn a Christmas hymn to sing as a family

Go shopping for together for Angel Tree gifts

Read an uplifting Christmas classic like "A Christmas Carol" together as a family

Write down on paper, roll up and tie with a bow a gift you are going to give to the Savior this year

Write letters and make cards to send to loved ones or our military far away

Make cookies together and secretly leave at someone's doorstep

Make bread to deliver to neighbors or shut-ins with a tag that has a Bible verse on it

Color or paint a nativity scene and hang it in your home

Watch an uplifting Christmas DVD together

Make dinner for a shut in

Help children write a story about being there at the manger on Christmas night

Write a note to a missionary

Make a Christmas advent wreath and read a scripture each night as candle burns

Go for a night time winter walk and enjoy the beautiful stars and talk about the special star that appeared at Christ's birth

Determine a need and perform a service anonymously

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