| All year long, Christmas seems like a long ways | | | | orientated activities, and what is Christmas all |
| away. The days go by, and all of a sudden you | | | | about? -Families. |
| realize that the Christmas holiday just snuck up | | | | The week of Christmas is usually spent cooking |
| on you. That is when you start the count down | | | | and prepping the holiday meals. If you make a |
| to Christmas. | | | | family activity out of it, you will find that not only |
| You do not have to panic; you can turn this | | | | is the cooking process faster and easier, you will |
| chaotic time into a fun time for you and your | | | | also realize how much fun your family will have. |
| family. | | | | Letting the little ones roll out the pie dough and |
| Setting traditions for your family when your | | | | lick the cake bowl and beaters will create |
| children are young will give you and your family | | | | memories that will last forever. The laughter and |
| memories that will last a lifetime. | | | | warmth will fill your home. |
| We all know that as Christmas approaches, our | | | | It is understood that the two weeks before |
| days and nights get more and more hectic; that is | | | | Christmas is the busiest time for everyone, with |
| just part of the season. However, choosing an | | | | last minute shopping, and cooking for the holidays, |
| activity for your family to participate in can | | | | along with your regular busy work schedule, |
| create quality family time, especially if you have | | | | leaves little time for anything else. |
| small children. | | | | You do not have to spend hours on the activities; |
| Plan to start the activities two weeks before | | | | just set aside an hour a day and you will see how |
| Christmas arrives. You can name this time | | | | your family enjoys it. |
| "Counting down the days to Christmas." In the | | | | Christmas is the time of good will toward |
| first week, choose fun activities like decorating | | | | humanity. It is the most giving season of all. What |
| the Christmas tree, and making the decorations | | | | better way to show your children how powerful |
| for it, creating Christmas cards, snowball tosses, | | | | the meaning of Christmas is than to create |
| and building snowmen. Sitting down with your | | | | traditions that will last a lifetime, and that they can |
| children and making out their Christmas lists can | | | | pass down to their children also. |
| create the best of times. These are all family | | | | |