Christmas is my favorite time of year! It's just so happy! Christmas traditions are so much fun! Ever since I can remember, I have been practicing these traditions. They include making and decorating gingerbread cookies with my grandma, opening one present on Christmas eve, and listening to the Carpenter's Christmas album while decorating our Christmas tree. Although these are all very special, I think my most favorite Christmas tradition is on Christmas Eve when we turn off all the lights in my house and light candles. My mom reads the birth story of Jesus and my brother and I act it out with a nativity scene while she reads. I remember doing this all my life and it is a very special Christmas memory to me. As we are in the midst of the Christmas season, my prayer for all of you is that you will not forget the reason we celebrate this holiday. It seems Christmas gets more and more commercialized every year. It's very sad. So lets not forget that it all comes down to a babe in a manger. Merry Christmas everyone!!! 18 days left....
