tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727485746505798892.post3338507044146723453..comments2023-03-23T05:04:08.494-05:00Comments on Java Mamma: Celebrating AdventUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727485746505798892.post-76865998949241192132010-11-29T14:24:37.251-06:002010-11-29T14:24:37.251-06:00Casey, we are such similar parents! This is the fi...Casey, we are such similar parents! This is the first year we're REALLY celebrating advent, because Isaiah is 5 and will understand a bit more. I guess I just wasn't very motivated when he was only 2. We are doing a Jesse tree this year. First time I've ever heard of it. I'll post about it on my blog sometime later. I'm almost making an advent wreath. We have a nice booklet for Isaiah with daily activities. We'll have a calendar where we put a sticker on the day of December that we're on up until the 24th. We also have always stressed that Christmas is about Jesus, while December 6th, the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas is about "Santa" - who we call Saint Nicholas. Here's my blog post about it last year: http://www.elisaloves.com/2009/12/celebrate-saint-nicholas-day-on-dec-6th.html<br />We just do stockings on Dec. 6th, filled with chocolates, nuts, and clementines. In Switzerland we received a big bag full of the same goodies, but we decided to use the American "stocking" tradition in a slightly different way. <br />I will never understand why people want their children to believe that "Santa" got them gifts, while the gifts actually came from loving parents and family. Plus, when they get older and they find out Santa isn't real, they will surely wonder what else we are lying to them about.Elisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975746279957689529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727485746505798892.post-79600356503259459632010-11-29T08:03:15.549-06:002010-11-29T08:03:15.549-06:00Hey girl! What's the site you found that does ...Hey girl! What's the site you found that does the ABC's of advent? I might want to use that with Eli this year!<br /><br />We are COMPLETELY in the same boat as you with Santa. That whole paragraph described exactly how Steve and I feel about it. :)beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952100253545964109noreply@blogger.com