Elfin' Around - Ready to Count Down? {#elfinaround}

The 1st of December brings many traditions, to our home!

  1. Advent Calendar
  2. 25 Books of Christmas
  3. Hallmark Keepsake North Pole Countdown Ornament
  4. Nativity Blocks


We love counting down to December 25th! 

Thanks Buddy and Max for bringing all of the fun December traditions! We enjoy opening each numbered door, and getting a small surprise each morning from our Advent Calendar. (Yes! The one time a year they can have chocolate first thing in the morning!) 

My kids love opening one book each night, prior to bed time and it has become a very special time for us amid the hustle and bustle of the Holidays. 

We have a new Hallmark Keepsake ornament that will share with us some news from the North Pole, as we count down the 25 days of December! I cannot wait to hear each silly thing that the North Pole Countdown has to tell us from the Jolly Elf!

Last year I made Nativity Blocks, and the kids really enjoy helping me set the Nativity scene up under our tree. (I love they they can withstand my two boys, after there was an incident with my beloved breakable Nativity set a few years ago.)

How does your family countdown to Christmas? Do you have any traditions in December? 

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