My kids just took their 1st stiker off the Dec. 1st spot on the Advent Calendar




who else holds this tradition in their home ?

I have an advent calendar, but in a different way I guess.

It's a sewn fabric wreath and you put up one each day with velcro-different things like bells, angels, gingerbread men/women, various Christmas ones.

It's very carefully made (one of a kind), really cool looking and I've had it for years, since I was little.

subhuman09 said:

sounds like one to me ... a very nice one ... there are many many different forms of them ... ours is more in a pagan like tradition but still ( not the one in above pic ! )

was a tradition in my family all my life ... i just switched it from the santa type my mom loved to a more "nature" type





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Ours has chocolates

Mach said:

I really love it-it was all hand sewn.



(Yes, I'm a Christmas junkie.)

RocknRollisalive said:

*steals them*

Ha!



(These are cat treats-wtf?)

subhuman09 said:

RocknRollisalive said:

They still taste better than lima beans.

subhuman09 said:

Well.... I just ate the 1st one and I'm not so sure...

.... Lousy damn Topic.... I think Mars did that just to piss me off

RocknRollisalive said:

Eat more-maybe they get better as you go.

That or make your own double candy advent deal!

Load up on candy at the store (my personal preference being Reese's Miniature Peanut Butter Cups) and for every advent wreath you open shovel oh...9 peanut butter cups down your throat.

subhuman09 said:

I'm just hoping that my next 'dip' will be a Mars or a Snickers or one of Mars other quality brands..... Fookin Topic!

RocknRollisalive said:

Things get better as you go on sometimes.

Or it's like Christmas-the excitement grows till you open them and realize that maybe the nightgown wasn't for you.

subhuman09 said:

But I want the nightgown .... it's just Christmas I don't want this year.

Sorry

Ho-Hum!

RocknRollisalive said:

Not want Christmas?!?!?



Heathen!

subhuman09 said:

Sorry

It's just this year.... Normally I can't wait!

Oh, when I was in gradeschool, we had an advent wreath in each classroom. And they would light another candle each week counting up till christmas. I used to get so excited looking at the snow out the window and gazing at the candles, that I could barely pay attention to the teacher.

RocknRollisalive said:

Why not?

Just ready to get things over with?

RocknRollisalive said:

YUM !!!

Tom said:

wow... nice memory...

subhuman09 said:

A number of reasons but hey.....

It's all good

thanks for reminding me...I CAN OPEN MY ADVENT CALENDAR NOW!!!!

We have two, the kind with chocolates behind little doors. The chocolate is shaped like the picture behind the door: angels, candles, stockings. We love them!

I love this time of year in our multi-racial heathen household. We celebrate Christmas, Yule, Kwanzaa and the Solstice.

FunkMistress said:

I wanna come visit your household..

sag10 said:

Come on over! We just put up the tree and a bunch of decorations, and I'm working on a new altar that I'm going to build myself instead of using an end table. We have candles burning to various saints, and my daughter is playing her Jackson 5 Christmas album incessantly. Want some rice and beans?

Anxiety said:

FunkMistress said:

OMG your house sounds like mine ... i just LOVE the differences and celebrating them ...

FunkMistress said:

whats your alter theme ? i was going to carry the ancestors alter over into Yule too but add Solstice vibes to it too

Mach said:

It's a ball, isn't it? And the kids are growing up to respect everyone's traditions naturally, since we have so many different ones at home.

Mach said:

I have a working altar in my bedroom, and I honor ancestors every morning (when I don't sleep through the alarm, that is ). But I'm working on a seasonal household altar for the living room. I'm thinking of building it right into the wall, but my DIY skills are kinda lacking....

FunkMistress said:

yes ... we try to show the kids all the familys differents ways from southern baptist traditions to pagan and most anything inbetween that they express interest in ... its fun, creative and educational for the kids and us both...