12 Days of Christmas Day 4.
Please share 4 favorite Memories of Christmas.
1)Driving to Tulsa from Denver each year and seeing the National Bank Building Lights first
2) The smell of all the good things baking at my Grandma Hanks house
3) My girl's squeals of joy the year they found their look-alike Cabbage Patch Dolls under the tree
4) Mom never bought 1 thing on our list, she got it ALL!
Day 3 of The 12 Days of Christmas.
Name 3 Christmas SONGS (yesterday was Carols) that you just have to hear every year. There are some songs that just say Christmas to us, I would love to know your list.
For me--"The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole; "Preiset Dem Konig (Praise the King)/Emmanuel/O Little Town of Bethlehem" by Amy Grant; and "A Baby Just Like You (Zachary's Song)" by John Denver. Of course there are many more, but these 3 are at the top of my list.
12 Days of Christmas Day 2-What are your 2 favorite Christmas Carols? (Not Christmas songs, there is a difference.) and who do you want to hear sing them. Mine are "O Holy Night" by John Denver and "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" by Sugarland. If you haven't answered yesterday's question please still do. I love seeing your answers.
Today is the 1st Day of my "12 Days of Christmas Question of the Day." I hope you will participate. On the 1st Day of Christmas-Name the first Christmas gift you remember making or buying with your own money? I bought my parents an avocado green electric popcorn maker from my first paycheck as a gift wrapper at Frougs Department Store when I was 16. They still have it.
Still shopping? Try using the gifts of the Magi as a guide. Gold, a gift of high value, not expensive, but desired, like an item on the receivers list. Frankincense, represents a relationship with God, a gift to help the receiver draw closer to God. Mhyrr, a spice used to prepare the body for burial, so a gift to comfort the body, anything from PJ's to body lotions. Hope that helps.
Tradition is not the foundation for true worship, but is rather the basis of treasured memories. As we celebrate the Birth of our Savior in Worship this season may we also continue the traditions of our families that bring us the treasured memories that are so important to our well-being. So let's enjoy our traditions and create some memories that last a lifetime. I am thankful for them.
We enjoy a tradition at our Christmas Family gathering of a game the grands call "the Pickle Jar." It is a jar filled with little cards of things to do like sing a line from a carol, play "telephone" with a phrase, pantomime a Christmas scene, and about 100 more ideas. You could make your own. Games are a great way to interact while the family is gathered. The time is about togetherness.
