Week 4 of Advent is very short this year! Here's how we prepared in the couple of days before Christmas.
December 22: Originally, I planned to
make marshmallows to have in hot chocolate, but after a playgroup friend gave us this snowman
I decided not to make work for myself! We went for a family walk around the 'park' area of our apartment complex and then came back and made minty hot chocolate. I took the picture after I'd made the drinks so just in case you can't tell, his head contains tiny (hard) marshmallows, his middle contains hot chocolate powder, and his base contains peppermint candy which was heated with the milk. (I couldn't be bothered crushing it, as instructed, but it seemed to infuse fine.) J thought this was a fantastic treat.
December 23: We lit the fourth candle on our Advent wreath, symbolizing love.
December 24: Today we retold the Christmas story with a kid-friendly nativity. In the afternoon we attended the Children's Christmas service at church. Then in the evening we skyped with family in NZ, where it was already Christmas Day. After both boys were finally in bed, we nestled presents under the tree since they'd been out of sight to avoid prodding and poking!
December 25: Christmas Day! Among our other activities for the day we lit the final candle at the centre of our Advent wreath: the Christ candle. After all, Christ's coming is the reason we have the preparation time of Advent and the reason we celebrate Christmas in the first place.
Merry Christmas everyone!
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