Advent Calender

In our family advent has always been just as big as christmas...candles, carol singing, cookie baking, getting ready for nativity plays and wrapping pressies of course. And of course growing up in europe it also meant snow and sledding and warm tea.


Our oldest is 4 now and I figured it was time for traditions. So though belatedly I came up with this year's advent calender - sshhh... only the first two boxes are filled...am so not organised. Number 13 is missing too. Need to go for a hunt, just as well we're everything but superstitious. ;o)

Our house always has some kind of mannequin standing around, I was going to move her for this photo and then figured she might be offended. I said to Brian that at last our lampshades match the season. We made them up a long time ago and keep meaning to replace them with something that works better in there... one day. Currently Brian is too busy making lampshades for everyone else. You know how it goes... ;o)

Do you have advent traditions?