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25 Days of The Christmas Spirit + Giveaway

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This Giveaway is now over 🙂  To be directed to this years 2012 Christmas post click HERE!  Giveaways to come!!

Welcome back everyone!  Last year I decided I wanted not only to do fun activities leading up to Christmas, I also wanted to do some teaching and learning to really help my kids understand the true spirit of Christmas!  This year like last I added 25 Days of the Spirit of Christmas.  We will do this part of it during school.   I changed this up just a little bit from last year, but am mostly using stuff from Discover Christmas through Discover the Scriptures for only $7.99. It has 25 days of great stuff to help bring the spirit of Christmas into your home. It also has stories, memory verses, recipes, crafts, hands-on projects, service ideas and hand-made gifts.

I have some great stuff coming up in December as part of my 25 Days of Christmas Celebration.  Some really great giveaways and wonderful guest post!  So, get excited!!
Now onto our Giveaway for today.  Like last year, I am going to do a giveaway prize pack of Things I Love!
Here is how to enter: Leave a comment telling me that you told your friends, family, facebook friends, whoever, about The Things I Love 25 Days of Christmas . Then come back and tell me how you told your friends! So for the next week tell your friends and family all about it, and come back here and leave me a comment telling me how you spread the news!  I will pick the winner on December 4th!
Have a great day!!

Comments

  1. I found your post through Mormon Moms Who Blog. What great ideas! I thought it was a wonderful thing to do with family, whether or not there’s a giveaway. I did share with my facebook friends. And a little later in the day (it’s 5:56am) I’ll share with a family who just adopted 3 children to add to their 5. She’s always looking for things just like this that she can teach her children.

    Great ideas.

    http://teiners.blogspot.com/

  4. I am so excited to have found your blog and this wonderful idea of Christmas time. I quickly posted it on my facebook page and will be telling all of my mommy friends about it! Thanks!
    April

  5. We are picking some things from your list to do this season. Thanks. I told all of my friends on facebook and all of my facebook followers for St. George Mom.

  6. I blogged about this and linked . I just love the simple ideas. Wish I had 24 Christmas books to use for that tradition…it would be awesome. I think I may have 12 and can do it for the 12 Days of Christmas. Thank you for helping us all keep our priorities straight during the season. Oh and I’m going to post this on Facebook too.

  7. Thank you so much for all the fun Christmas countdown ideas! I just shared your link on Facebook! We also read a children’s Christmas story every night before bed! My girls love this little tradition! Thank you so much for all your wonderful ideas!

  8. I found your site through pinterest, and love your ideas! I am trying to make this Christmas a more Christ centered one as well and am excited to use your ideas to help with that! I told my group of mommy friends about this site as we walked our kids to school this morning! Hope they all come check you out!

  9. It’s great to be on board for another year! Thanks for your effort! Your ideas always inspire! I shared with my friends through pinterest, my blog, and facebook. 😉

  12. Found your ’25 days…’ thru “Chocolate on my cranium” and shared it on facebook for my family and friends to enjoy also. I look forward to the next 24 days! 🙂

  17. I just realized I left my comment on last year’s post….so I’ll repost it here:
    I just recently found this post through pinterest, which I then repined onto my Christmas Board! I couldn’t stop reading this post and am so excited to try to implement some of the fun ideas you have shared! I don’t have any kids yet, but this will help my husband and I draw closer to the spirit during this special season. Thank you for sharing, and I’ll spread the love through my blog!

    thejohnsonfam2010.blogspot.com

  18. I’m sorry Kendra… I have only read one blog post in the past week. 😮 (Dare I ADMIT that?!) Therefore, I have not yet advertized… I am excited to get to reading your posts again; you rock! 😉

  23. Have pinned your site on my Pinterest board for Christmas and emailed several friends links to your site! Thanks for the awesome ideas! What a blessing you are!

  24. I found your post on Pinterest, and I am so excited to use some of your ideas. I love the scripture chain, as well as the 25 days of Christmas ornaments, we are so doing that next year. I posted your link on facebook and my blog and I hope that even more people look at it. Thanks again for the great ideas!

  26. I pinned your blog to Pinterest, which is how I shared with my friends. 🙂 I am so excited to follow your blog now! Way cute ideas!!

  27. I found you on Pintrest, and was thrilled to see another Mom trying to keep the focus on the real meaning of Christmas. We began some of the same ideas you had lat year with our 1and 2year olds. I want to add more this year and loved the ornaments you shared about. I am going to get on that list! I am telling my family about your site. My husband will love it! I also can’t wait to share it with my sister-in-law who is adopting her first from China-hopefully, just in time for Christmas!

  30. My family and I are just getting back to church and I am always looking for creative ways to teach my children. I also believe that these days the true spirit of Christmas is easily lost.So thank you for your wonderful ideas. I think I will share this with our Relief Society as well i would make a great craft for next year.

  32. Another great Pinterest find! I am definitely telling my family, and friends about your site and The 25 days of Christmas!! 🙂 Also I just started teaching religious education, and look forward to using your site for great ideas to do with the wonderful 1st graders I get to teach!!

  33. A friend posted your 25 Days of Christmas Chain to Facebook and now I have too. Just printed out the strips and am excited to get started with my family. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. Your time and efforts are appreciated.