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Have you ever thought about what you could give for a gift to Jesus for Christmas? That has certainly been a desire of my heart. When our first three children were 3, 4, and 6 years old, we wanted to do something as a family for a gift to Jesus - after all, it was His birthday. We decided to memorize the Christmas story together and recite it on Christmas Eve. We learned Luke 2:8 - 14 and what fun it was to hear our young children reciting the Christmas story.

Giving a gift to Jesus should be foremost in our minds at the Christmas season. Memorizing scripture is a perfect solution because it takes effort and dedication. It honors His Word, thus honoring Him. While it doesn't take the place of doing something extra for those less privileged or those in ministry, it goes beyond digging deep in our pockets. It involves a love relationship expressed through commitment.

The next year we learned Psalm 23 and it became an annual tradition. Over the years we learned Psalm 1, The Beatitudes, I Corinthians 13, Romans 12, Psalm 139, and more. We would usually start in September or October and begin memorizing the passage verse by verse. Each family member would say it individually while the others watched the written out words to correct them.

The plan was that wherever we were on Christmas Eve, we would say the verses together. Usually we liked for the kids to do it to show that they knew them without mom and dad's help. The deal was presents for Jesus first, and everyone else second.\n
One Christmas my oldest daughter, Deeanne, spent a lot of time in her bedroom with the door closed. Her gift to me that year was all the verses that we had memorized as a Christmas gift to Jesus up to that point in her beautifully done calligraphy! As I read over those carefully inscribed words, I think of how those words of God have been inscribed on our hearts too.

Gather in the kitchen and decorate sugar cookies together. Give everyone six cookies, tubes of icing, sprinkles, shaved coconut and small chocolate chips to create their masterpieces. You can also decorate a gingerbread house that's already constructed and use it for the centerpiece of Christmas dinner table.

Each and every family will have many different and unique Christmas traditions that are carried out each year. This can range on the specific day that the tree will be taken down from the loft and decorated. To when Christmas CD's are allowed to be played on a continuous loop when in the car. But the main traditions that are carried out the night before the big day are very similar. Here's a brief list of the common family traditions carried out on Christmas eve.

Early Presents

A common traditional on Christmas eve is to let everyone open one gift, before going to bed. This can be a great way for the family to gather with a hot chocolate and sit next to the tree. Opening just a small gift can help get everyone excited. A simple gift such as slippers or pyjamas are a great first gift choice, not just for the children but the whole family.

Watching A Christmas Film

This is an easy one and often carried out throughout the festive period. But many save their favourite Christmas film for Christmas eve, and gathering the family together to watch it. The classics are Home Alone, Christmas on 34th Street and Muppet's Christmas Carol, to name a few. If your children are younger, then don't let this ruin a great tradition. Why not read out loud a Christmas book to everyone. Something that younger children will love. This will be a great opportunity to enjoy the holidays and indulge a little. Festive snacks are a great place to start, if you received one of the many corporate Christmas hampers given out to employee's or one given as a gift form friends or family then this would be the ultimate opportunity to have in front of the TV, and also for Christmas day.

Preparation For Father Christmas

Probably the most common and favourite part of Christmas, particularly for children, is right before bedtime to leave out a mince pie for father Christmas and a carrot for the reindeer. Also, add a glass of milk or water.

Christmas Carols

Those who are Christian often visit special carol services are their local churches on Christmas eve. The idea of this is to celebrate the birth of Christ. It is also not uncommon for families within certain communities to go around knocking on doors and performing Christmas carols.

Those two words make all the difference. Without those two words, then the birth of Jesus is just a nice story about something that happened a long time ago. The fact that a baby named Jesus was born is certainly no reason to go on celebrating for 2000 years. However, the fact that this Jesus who was born is also THE SAVIOR is plenty of reason to celebrate.

Being a member of a family usually means that traditions will be handed down from generation to generation. Many of us share certain Christmas traditions with our families that we learned from our own family members as a youngster. But perhaps you are only just starting your Christmas holidays as a family so you do not have any specific traditions of your very own at this point. There are plenty of well-known traditions for you to choose from and include them as a part of your own holiday celebrations. You can find traditions that are appropriate for every age group.

One popular holiday tradition with a number of families is creating Christmas cards. You could decide to send out cards customized with your own personal family photograph along with a poem or perhaps a few lines telling the recipient how much they mean to you. If you do not have enough time to create Christmas cards, you can find ready-made ones and add your own personal touch to them.

Small children are able to write letters to Santa and take them to their nearby post office. Several post offices have a special box used just for letters from Santa. Youngsters can also help with decorating the Christmas tree. As the ornaments are being hung on the tree, if there is no particular history associated with the ornaments, you could share parts of your own history with your little ones or maybe discuss the meaning of Christmas.

Yet another much-loved holiday tradition is participating in a church function together. A number of churches hold Christmas Eve services which are delightful with all of the decorations as well as the soft glow of candles. Quite a few churches like to give the live poinsettias that are used as decorations to the individuals who participate in the service.

Being a member of a family usually means that traditions will be handed down from generation to generation. Many of us share certain Christmas traditions with our families that we learned from our own family members as a youngster. But perhaps you are only just starting your Christmas holidays as a family so you do not have any specific traditions of your very own at this point. There are plenty of well-known traditions for you to choose from and include them as a part of your own holiday celebrations. You can find traditions that are appropriate for every age group.

One popular holiday tradition with a number of families is creating Christmas cards. You could decide to send out cards customized with your own personal family photograph along with a poem or perhaps a few lines telling the recipient how much they mean to you. If you do not have enough time to create Christmas cards, you can find ready-made ones and add your own personal touch to them.

Small children are able to write letters to Santa and take them to their nearby post office. Several post offices have a special box used just for letters from Santa. Youngsters can also help with decorating the Christmas tree. As the ornaments are being hung on the tree, if there is no particular history associated with the ornaments, you could share parts of your own history with your little ones or maybe discuss the meaning of Christmas.

Yet another much-loved holiday tradition is participating in a church function together. A number of churches hold Christmas Eve services which are delightful with all of the decorations as well as the soft glow of candles. Quite a few churches like to give the live poinsettias that are used as decorations to the individuals who participate in the service.

Those two words make all the difference. Without those two words, then the birth of Jesus is just a nice story about something that happened a long time ago. The fact that a baby named Jesus was born is certainly no reason to go on celebrating for 2000 years. However, the fact that this Jesus who was born is also THE SAVIOR is plenty of reason to celebrate.

When I thought about the Christmases of my childhood, I remembered Christmas Eve services at the church and then coming back to the house to celebrate Jesus' birthday along with the neighbours. We had a cake and the children enacted the Christmas story as the adults read it and we all sang Christmas carols. What a fun time. And it didn't cost a lot of money. My children are now grown and away from home, but with 4 children, Christmas could be very expensive. We used to try to buy one big present for the family and a smaller present for each individual, plus, of course the Christmas stocking.

The Christmas stocking is the part that stands out most for me from my childhood. There were always oranges, hard candies, and small wrapped gifts. You knew that there would be certain things that only Santa could have brought because those things were never in the house all the time. The stockings were so special. My children had special oe stockings made by their grandmother. Each child had their own with their name on it.

There are two particular Christmas presents that stand out in my mind from my childhood. One was doll clothes that were hand made by my mother in secret and one was a tape recorder that my dad gave me and addressed to his Pineapple Princess. That was the year I was in Grade 8. It was my welcome to my teenage years.

I remember two particular presents that I gave to my two boys as well. One was a small model of the starship Enterprise which was the one thing that my oldest child played with the most. It cost less than $5.00, but it was important to him. The other one was a duvet cover that I made for my youngest son. It was a Canadian flag. His reaction was priceless.... Mom, how did you do this without me knowing? How could you sew this without me seeing it or seeing any of the material? When did you do this? He wrote an essay at school and said that his most favourite thing was his duvet cover.

Small children are able to write letters to Santa and take them to their nearby post office. Several post offices have a special box used just for letters from Santa. Youngsters can also help with decorating the Christmas tree. As the ornaments are being hung on the tree, if there is no particular history associated with the ornaments, you could share parts of your own history with your little ones or maybe discuss the meaning of Christmas.

Have you ever thought about what you could give for a gift to Jesus for Christmas? That has certainly been a desire of my heart. When our first three children were 3, 4, and 6 years old, we wanted to do something as a family for a gift to Jesus - after all, it was His birthday. We decided to memorize the Christmas story together and recite it on Christmas Eve. We learned Luke 2:8 - 14 and what fun it was to hear our young children reciting the Christmas story.

Giving a gift to Jesus should be foremost in our minds at the Christmas season. Memorizing scripture is a perfect solution because it takes effort and dedication. It honors His Word, thus honoring Him. While it doesn't take the place of doing something extra for those less privileged or those in ministry, it goes beyond digging deep in our pockets. It involves a love relationship expressed through commitment.

The next year we learned Psalm 23 and it became an annual tradition. Over the years we learned Psalm 1, The Beatitudes, I Corinthians 13, Romans 12, Psalm 139, and more. We would usually start in September or October and begin memorizing the passage verse by verse. Each family member would say it individually while the others watched the written out words to correct them.

The plan was that wherever we were on Christmas Eve, we would say the verses together. Usually we liked for the kids to do it to show that they knew them without mom and dad's help. The deal was presents for Jesus first, and everyone else second.\n
One Christmas my oldest daughter, Deeanne, spent a lot of time in her bedroom with the door closed. Her gift to me that year was all the verses that we had memorized as a Christmas gift to Jesus up to that point in her beautifully done calligraphy! As I read over those carefully inscribed words, I think of how those words of God have been inscribed on our hearts too.