We didn't grow up with Advent calendars, but the church I went to in high school always lit advent candles on Sundays. I always liked the idea of marking time in anticipation of celebrating the birth of Christ. So I've tried for years to find a good calendar I liked and use it. Doing both is a challenge. So when Parent's magazine had an idea for a homeade, scratcher type calendar I jumped on it! I didn't do trinkets or prizes or anything because it doesn't seem to - to me - to have anything to do with celebrating the birth of a rebel who would change the world. So I did verses and phrases from the Christmas story. The whole story is told by Christmas day. Pretty cool, I think. It wasn't too difficult to make either. I love the scratch off idea...my kids love it too! And Clayton is pretty amazed with it...he was coming up with all kind of different ways I can use it. Maybe some special valentine's cards or something! ;-D Anyhow, here's the pictures. I'm also trying to figure out Pintrest. Maybe I can post these on there too and see what happens. We'll see. 
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