I am so excited for Christmas this year! Not only are we bringing our own lil' miss Anna into the world, but we get to celebrate the birth of Jesus. It feels so much more magical to me this year having both happen together, and to see the joy of Christmas through the eyes of a 2 1/2 year old. Yes, he has experienced 2 Christmases already but to him EVERYTHING is new and exciting this year and he wants to know it ALL. He is starting to put some pieces together (he knows Mary and Joseph, so if you come to our house with a turban on your head don't be alarmed if he calls you that!) but he is still a little confused about Jesus vs. Santa.
At Central Presbyterian where we attend a Bible Study class together (me for the adults, him for the 2 year olds) there is a life size Jesus out the window that he loves to say "hi" and "bye" to when we leave. So to now see Jesus as a baby is a little confusing : ) He also is seeing this Santa guy around a lot and he seems pretty jolly and cool as well. So when at the store/at home putting up ornaments he calls Santa "Jesus" it's easy to see where he might get a little mixed up. At least he sees Jesus as one fun dude, right? (I wasn't going to get into the fact that he only lived to 33 and would never have a white beard, lived in a desert so would never need a red suit, and was Arabian so was def. not white!)
To help clear some of the confusion we are using an AWESOME advent calendar that my Aunt Jane and Uncle Richard sent us. For each day he gets to pick out a magnet piece to put on the manger scene to help complete the story. I then hope to read a 2 year old version of the Christmas story to him every morning so that he can start making the connection. I think this will help me keep things in perspective this season as well! (my only hope is that he doesn't think Anna is baby Jesus...that damage would be hard to undo and hard to explain to strangers...)
Another fun thing I hope to do over the next 25 days (apart from being in the hospital giving birth) is to download a FREE Christmas song a day to add to our collection. You can celebrate in this way to by going to AMAZON and downloading the song to your computer. (Today's is "Joy to the World" by Casting Crowns) Another great freebie offered only today is a BEAUTIFUL rendition of "What Child is This" sung yesterday on Oprah by Andrea Bocelli and Mary J. Blige and "Silent Night" sung by Sugarland. You can find those songs by clicking HERE.
Hope your next 25 days are MAGICAL!!
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She is so precious! I love her!
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