Now that Christmas 2009 is past, there are a few things I've noted that I want to do different in 2010. Hopefully if I write them down, I will remember them when I need to!
1. Find an activity that emphasizes Christ's birth early in the month. In the past years, we have either attended a Bethlehem Experience or our church's Christmas drama. This year we did neither, first because we couldn't find a Bethlehem Experience within a reasonable distance, and second, because our church took a sabbatical from doing the drama. While I think we as a family kept a good focus, this was the first time in 6 years or more that we did not start out Advent with a Christ-focused, fun, family activity.
2. Stay home the weekend immediately prior to Christmas. This is normally our cookie baking weekend, but in 2009, it was the only weekend available to get together with our friends in Cincinnati. The cookies got done, but it's not my idea of a fun time to work all day and then bake 250+ cutout cookies one night and then work all the next day and frost/decorate 250+ cutout cookies! Also, next year we will just frost the cookies with no decorations. It turns out I'm the only one who will eat cookies with sprinkles, so why bother with the mess?
3. Watch for teenage boy stocking stuffers all year long. It's very easy to get small, inexpensive items for DD for her stocking but very difficult to find things for DS. I did get him a few tools at Lowe's and will probably continue do to that in years to come.
I'm sure there are a few others, but these are what come to mind. I would like to be able to guarantee that my oldest brother would choose to spend Christmas Eve with us in 2010, but I now know I can't. That will be a God thing.
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