Monday, January 03, 2011

A Christmas recap

This year to combat the strange Christmas summer season, and lack of family around, I made a special effort each day to try and help us get in the Christmas spirit. Between the decor and activities, I think our first Aussie Christmas was a success.

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A couple of fun highlights from the month of December were:

Gingerbread Houses
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(made a little more difficult with the absence of graham crackers in this country)

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Making new (much needed) stockings.
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Beckett's stocking last year was from the dollar store, and Wil didn't even have one.

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Adventing
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Each day looking forward to performing something Christmas-y found in these fun little boxes boxes, such as...

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...making a reindeer crown

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...writing Santa his Christmas Eve note

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...acting out the nativity scene with all of Beckett's animals.

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...making lots and lots of Christmas goodies

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...and even more Christmas crafts

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...and enjoying each and every day of the season.

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We had such a wonderful holiday celebration, hope yours was special too!