Perhaps you may recall from a post last year at this time that we don't really do much with Santa at our house, but we do celebrate Saint Nicholas Day. We began celebrating our tradition by reading a story last night about the real Saint Nicholas who was a Bishop very long ago who helped people, sometimes in secrecy. One of the most popular stories is when Saint Nicholas dropped bags of money through the window for 3 girls so they would have their dowries and be able to get married. People today remember Saint Nicholas by putting their shoes out the by their doors on the night of December 5 and wake up to find treats in their shoes on the morning of the 6th. The most popular gift is gold wrapped chocolate coins. So before bedtime last night Joshua chose some shoes and placed them outside his bedroom door. In the morning he awoke to find a new Advent calendar. He got to open up 6 little doors and find 6 different magnets to put on the stable scene that tell the story of the first Christmas. He loved it, but wanted to open every door and put all the magnets on. We are still working on the waiting part of Advent! I also put a couple of quarters and pennies in Joshua's shoes just like in the story we read last night - I didn't go with the chocolate coins since I didn't want that to be his breakfast.
Finding the coins in his shoes.
Opening the little doors on the Advent calendar to discover little magnets!
Joshua chose the placement of the magnets, interesting set up!
3 comments:
Love the advent calendar, it's beautiful. You will definately have many years of enjoyment out of that one.
That is the most awesome advent calendar! Where did you get it?
The Advent calendar was ordered from Constructive Playthings online. It was an investment at $40, but will hopefully last for many, many years to come.
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