AN ADVENT CALENDAR OF YULETIDE DOINGS

Vintage German Advent Calendar, c1950s

The fairy folk residing in Meadow Sweet Grove have come up with some yuletide doings that you may enjoy each day, leading up to Christmas Day; as a means ​​to celebrate this magical time of the year!

Dec 1 - Take a child out for a cup of fancy hot chocolate
Dec 2 - Donate clothes, refundable bottles & household items to charity
Dec 3 - Send pretty Christmas cards to friends & family
Dec 4 - Buy Christmas Crackers for the dinner table
Dec 5 - Build a snowman ... if you have snow! Or make a bowl of
              oranges decorated with cloves
Dec 6 - Watch old movies: "A Christmas Carol" or "It's a Wonderful Life"​
Dec 7 - Attend a local Christmas display / event
Dec 8 - Trim your cedar or holly tree and leave out free trimmings
              for neighbours
Dec 9 - Decorate your front doorway with cedar boughs, holly and
              pine cones
Dec 10 - Put up and decorate your Christmas Tree
Dec 11 - Make a wreath for the front door
Dec 12 - Listen to all your favourite Christmas songs
Dec 13 - Wrap gifts (cut up old Christmas cards for tags)
Dec 14 - Buy and gather together lots of yummy food and treats
                for the big day
Dec 15 - Bake cookies and share with neighbours and friends 
Dec 16 - Clean your little abode; ready to receive guests 
Dec 17 - Watch: "A Christmas Story"
Dec 18 - Enjoy a Christmas Concert at a lovely venue such as an
                old church or hall
Dec 19 - Put together a Christmas puzzle with a child or friend
Dec 20 - Walk around the neighbourhood and look at all the bright lights
Dec 21 - Create a Winter Solstice Tree for the birds and little creatures
Dec 22 - Watch: "A Charlie Brown Christmas" or "White Christmas"
Dec 23 - Spend a quiet evening, gazing at the twinkling lights and
                enchanting ornaments on your Yule tree
Dec 24 - Hang up your stocking, sit quietly by a window at midnight,
                and feel the approach of Santa's sleigh 
Dec 25 - Yule / Christmas - Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas!

Make an "old shop window" with frosted snow

Click picture for instructions to make a Winter Solstice Tree!

  







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