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I have a tween.  Yuck.  That’s a tough sentence to type.  But, it’s true.  It means that we are outgrowing some of our Christmas traditions.  It also means that she’s so busy with school and swim and church that there really isn’t much time for Christmas traditions.  Sigh.

As I thought about our advent calendar for this year, I struggled a bit.  What would be too silly?  What would be cool?  What do we have time to do?  Finally, I decided to go to the source—the tween.  She and her brother spent an hour composing a list.  I’ve merged it with my own.

So here it is. Our Advent list for 2012.  Our little daily things that we can do to celebrate family, friends, and Jesus’s birthday.

12-1 Saturday:  make our Advent list and write our letters to Santa

12-2 Sunday:  deliver tee shirts for “Socks and T-shirts” ministry and Kids’ Choir concert

12-3 Monday:  decorate our Christmas tree

12-4 Tuesday: bake Christmas cookies

12-5 Wednesday: shop for Operation Santa Claus

12-6 Thursday: deliver Christmas cookies to the neighbors

12-7 Friday:  shop (w/o Mom and Dad) with the GAs (her);  Camp out at deer camp with Daddy and Popo (him)

12-8 Saturday:  movie and popcorn-Elf

12-9 Sunday: decorate gingerbread houses

12-10 Monday:  surprise Momma by doing a chore that she hasn’t asked you to do

12-11 Tuesday:  send Christmas cards to our friends/cousins

12-12 Wednesday: build a Lego Christmas tree

12-13 Thursday: drink hot cocoa and drive around looking at Christmas lights

12-14 Friday: movie and popcorn-The Grinch

12-15 Saturday:  Music in the Mall

12-16 Sunday: make Christmas brownies with Daddy

12-17 Monday:  decorate a Christmas card for your teacher.

12-18 Tuesday: Christmas caroling (with the cub scouts)

12-19 Wednesday: make Christmas cards for your Sunday School and Church Training teachers

12-20 Thursday: fondue night for supper (per Addie’s request)

12-21 Friday: bake a cheesecake

12-22 Saturday:  see the lights and fireworks in Natchitoches (invite Susan and Sarah too)

12-23 Sunday:  host a Tacky Christmas Sweater contest.  (Hey Sus and Sarah, Addie’s calling you out on this one!  We’ll allow sweatshirts too for Popo.)

12-24 Monday: Christmas Eve Bon Fire at Nita’s

12-25 Tuesday:  Stop.  In the middle of all the wrapping paper and presents, remember to thank God for your blessings, for Jesus’s birth, and His Mercy

12-26 Wednesday: write thank you notes