A way to help children and adults to prepare for Christmas is the creation of the Advent calendar, which has become quite popular, with a variety of variations that have developed in different countries. The most popular is a countdown to Christmas, as children bring an item to place on each day of December, as they reflect on the meaning of each thing, object or person related to the Nativity or the Christmas season. Of course our favorite is always a nativity display, like the one displayed above.
In my Cathedral parish of Baker City
Oregon in 2012 I
made this Advent calendar for our children, and I invited
them to color a section of the Nativity scene I drew for them, and day by day,
the scene will become more colorful, as long as they do the chore or message
they are asked to perform until the end of December. Click on the image to read
the messages for each day, and you can save it and print it to use for yourself
and your children.
