Christmas 2002 - Deafhomeschool

Christmas 2002 Daily Activities

If you've read my Christmas Traditions article, then you know that our family does one thing each day to get ready for Christmas.

We usually start after Thanksgiving. If Thanksgiving is unusually early, we'll wait a week. This year, it was pretty late, so we've leaped right into our Christmas Rituals.

I'm going to update this daily, simply listing what we did that day.

You may notice that there are no charitable activities listed here. There are a couple of reasons for that. I practice charity daily; the Christmas season is no different from any other time of the year. Secondly, though I am not Christian now, I was raised Catholic, and some aspects of my upbringing continue to influence me. As a teen, I became very interested in the works of Lloyd C. Douglas. My attitude towards charitable work has been profoundly shaped by the ideas in Magnificent Obsession .... that is, truly selfless charity is done so quietly that not even the left hand knows what the right is doing.

Basically, I don't talk about it much; you certainly won't find me listing all my activities here.

November 26th
Watched Miracle on 34th Street. We watch this movie every year right after Thanksgiving. It is the official beginning to our family's Christmas season. Brought out Christmas music.
November 27th
Hung up Christmas lights inside the house, put up our Christmas Card rope, and hung the door wreath.
November 28th
Bought our Christmas tree.
November 30th
Set up a Christmas candle display in our living room, using beeswax candles we made in October.
December 1st
Hung our Playmobil Advent calendar.
December 3rd
Visited the Miracle of Christmas Light Display in Keizer, Oregon.
December 4th
Watched Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
December 5th
Decorated the living room.
December 6th
We watched A Peter, Paul and Mary Holiday Concert. Read my short review.
Made paper chains while watching the movie.
December 7th
Designed our Christmas card.
December 8th
December 9th
Decorated Christmas tree.
December 10th
Made paper snowflakes.
December 11th
Baked Christmas cookies. Drove around and looked at Christmas lights.
December 12th
Made a gingerbread house
December 13th
Watched Santa Claus is Coming To Town.
December 14th
Made stained glass pictures.
December 15th
Made Paper Lace and a Pinwheel Garland.
December 16th
Made Stained Glass Cookies.
December 17th
Read How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
December 18th
Every year the kids get a new ornament. This year we ordered pewter stocking hangers from Lands' End.
December 19th
Visited Santa and made Christmas pillowcases.
December 20th
Watched The Little Drummer Boy, Frosty the Snowman, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and The Year Without a Santa Claus.
December 21st
Solstice Celebration with friends.
December 22nd
Made fabric gift bags.
December 23rd
Baked cookies.
December 24th
Hosted Christmas Eve Open House. Watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas
December 25th