10 Ways to Re-Claim the JOY this Christmas

This time of year can be as stressful as trying to match a year old pile of “mystery” colored socks in your laundry room. Along with the wind and snow, there are circumstances swirling all around you trying to steal your precious Christmas joy. Things like having to elbow your way through crowded malls with clenched teeth, sparkling credit card temptations, hours spent driving around full parking lots like a hungry shark, losing on your e-bay auction, watching your neighbor’s decorations go up first, and of course getting that first Christmas card before you’ve even finished your Thanksgiving leftovers much less made YOUR card list.

Here are some fun activities to do with your kids that will help conserve some of the JOY that you want in your home this Christmas Season.

1) Laugh.. Tell Christmas jokes. Your 6-12 year-olds will love these.
See our favorite links in your Dec e-zine issue to get more.
What goes ho-ho whoosh, ho-ho whoosh?
Santa caught in a revolving door!

What do you call an old snowman?
Water!

When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary!

What’s the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the ordinary alphabet?
The Christmas one has no L (noel)!

2) Watch Christmas movies together.
3) Read a different Christmas Children’s book each night.
4) Celebrate Advent together. See our favorite links page to see how to do this.
5) Count down to Christmas with an advent calendar or put a sticker on each day of the month as you count down.
6) Attend a Christmas event together like a live Nativity at a church or the Nutcracker Ballet.
7) Decorate your house together for Christmas. Play Christmas carols, drink hot chocolate and decorate the tree.
8) Bake Cookies together!
9) SPREAD THE JOY Together. Pack a Christmas stocking for a soldier, deliver home-made goodies to your neighbors, or go Christmas Caroling.
10) Go to Candlelight Worship Service Together and be truly thankful that we were given the ultimate free gift, Jesus Christ.

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By Kathy Danner © 2008 www.PBandJAHM.com Re-Claim the JOY!

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