Gifts

Have you started to unpack your Christmas Tree yet? Ok, ok, well it might be a little bit early for that, but be sure the Christmas adverts have begun and people have already started their Christmas Shopping.  Have you got any plans for Christmas this year, or is just going to happen as usual, with you sort of being dragged along by the ears.  Do you feel like Christmas runs you, rather than you running Christmas? 

Well maybe there is somthing that can bring a little awareness to the month of madness, and with the awareness, possibly a tiny bit of more organisation, or at least slightly less chaos. And if fails, and it does not help with the order factors, then without a doubt it will most certainly bring a bit of fun and a lot of tradition into your Christmas Festive Season.

What am I talking about? ….  The Advent Calendar, that’s what, otherwise known as the Countdown Calendar.  If you are a family who includes this delightful tradition in your Month of Madness, then good for you, if not, then I highly recommend it.  The Countdown Calendar is a device for counting down the days until Christmas Day.  It starts on the 1st December and the modern tradition includes a calendar made of various materials, ranging from felt or other craft material to card, paper or even wood.  

Each window that is opened traditionally shows a religious or nativity figure, normally part of an entire scene which is revealed slowly as the month passes.  The real fun for the children is that generally, the more modern calendars, every day also reveals a small treat, gift or sweet.  As you can imagine, this delight is extremely popular with the kids, and I know mine cannot wait for the 1 December for the Advent Countdown Calendar to come out of the Christmas cupboard. For your countdown calendar or advent calendar this year you can find a good selection at www.festivecalendars.com.