Winter Advents

I love winter. It is the time of Christ's birth. It is my favorite time of year. I like decorating the tree together and going Christmas shopping and picking out things that we think our siblings would like. Opal got to put the star on the tree this year. We have a thousand advents. First, the chocolate calendars. Then we have the socks. When its our turn we pick a sock and open it. There is always a candy inside. Sometimes it is two. Then we have the tree. When it is our turn, each morning we light the tree. And we have the calendar. A long time ago, Mama made a cloth calendar. In the first pocket, there is always the star of Bethlehem. The last one is Baby Jesus. And last we have advent. Each morning at devotions, if its our turn we light a candle. We let it burn for the rest of devotions until it is prayer time, then the person who lit it, will blow it out.