Hi Dear Reader,
I didn’t realize it had been so long since I’ve written to you. I hope you had a great fall, now that winter is upon us.
With the coming holidays, do you have any family traditions?
After Thanksgiving, we put up our little tree. We have one of those 4 foot tall trees that we put on an end table. We originally got it because our cats kept climbing in the real Christmas tree and knocking it over. We never went back. The girls hung all the non-breakable ornaments on the lower branches while I hung the few glass ones on the top. Every year it seems that one or two get broken. Then, Hubby lifts up Little Bock 1 to put the bow on the top of our tree.
Next, the girls love to set out the Nativity scene. My dad made a barn for Mary and Joseph out of wood from their own old dairy barn. It is very rustic and perfect for the stable. My grandmother hand painted the ceramic pieces, so they are very special to me. The girls love to play with them and they are surprisingly durable. The shepherds have chased their sheep our living room. Little Bock 2 really likes to carry Mary and Baby Jesus around the house with her. I found them the other day in Hubby’s cowboy boots.
I don’t have a lot of other Christmas decorations as so many of them are breakable. The girls and I have been having fun making paper crafts to hang around our house. We’ve made paper chains that hang from the ceiling and a Christmas tree forest that surrounds our living room.
Then at night, we read Christmas books. The current favorite is a book that is written in rhyme with Jingle Bells. There is a magical pony that pulls a sleigh around the world. It stops in several different countries, highlighting how each country celebrates Christmas differently. Plus, the girls love to sing Jingle Bells.
What is your favorite Christmas Song?
Speaking of Christmas! My First Kisment Christmas is currently on sale for $0.99 only on my website. It is set with all the Kisment siblings and their significant others decorating the family Christmas tree when Mom and Dad Kisment tell the story about how they fell in love. It is a cute cozy read for curling up with a cup of hot chocolate.
Book Blurb:
Is three days enough time to rekindle the love they shared?
Judy is coming home to Sunnydale, Texas for Christmas. Pregnant and widowed, she is looking forward to spending a quiet holiday with her aunt and uncle. That is until she comes across a stranded cowboy with a trailer full of horses. The cowboy is none other than her high school sweetheart whose heart she crushed when she left for college.
Now that boy is a man with all the love he had for her years ago. He has three days to convince her that his love is real before she heads back to the East Coast.
This is a sweet and clean Christmas story set in the fictional town of Sunnydale, Texas.
I hope you have a great week. Stay warm and cozy out there!
Hugs,
Allie
PS Leave a comment and tell me what your favorite Christmas song is and what traditions you have!
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