Christmas is that time of year when we get to see our family, celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, and participate in family traditions! While I strongly believe that Christ has gotten lost in this season, I also think it’s important to celebrate him!

In the bible there were parties all the time, feasts, that were normally in remembrance of something, such as Passover. I think celebrating his birth is the best way to show Jesus you remember all he did, by coming to this earth as a baby.So I thought I would share some of my family traditions with you!

The first thing we do to start off our Christmas season is decorate our house, we put up our little nativity scene. This year my little sister out it up. It has been in our house ever since I could remember.

Jesus always gave to the less fortunate in the past years we have done this charity around Christmas. It is one of my favorites because it is so personal! I love going shopping and praying for the little kid who is going to get my shoe-box. It’s a great way to give back to people who don’t have a lot. http://www.helpthechildren.org/hunger-in-our-world/christmas-shoebox?gclid=COqHnIWgiq0CFQkaQgodsVuZlA

Another one (which we just did yesterday) is make a gingerbread house! Its one of my favorites although I don’t think Jesus ever made one, its messy, yummy, and smells wonderful. I always put a C somewhere on the house. The first letter of my name.

We also make cookies for our pastors and mentors in our life, this is another one of my favorites (ok I love them all) it’s a very small way to say thank you! In our family there are always secrets around this time and no one is allowed in anyone else’s closet! Those are a few of my favorite traditions; I would love to hear yours!