December is a month like none other. There are decorations to dig out of the basement and distribute through the house. There is a 5-page list of friends and loved ones for whom to buy gifts. There are numerous activities, special events, and parties to attend. (Continue Reading Advent Activity Alternative)
The Countdown to Christmas Challenge for today is to start thinking about filling your own Advent activity calendar or your family may have an Advent tradition all its own, but one thing is for certain: it must be ready by November 30.
Check out my family’s 2009 Advent Activity Planner.
This week’s giveaway is for a customized Christmas canvas from October Belle Designs. You can choose from one of her Christmas collections:
* The Jolly Jingle Collection: Colors are apple green, red and white with accents in chocolate brown or black.
* The Merry Berry Christmas Collection: Colors are cranberry, dark green, gold and chocolate brown.
* The Chilly Confection Collection: Colors are magenta, silver and turquoise with accents in black.
The winner will receive the personalization of their choice!
Once again, you have several ways to enter to win this beautiful, handpainted canvas:
1) leave a comment on this post,
2) tell your friends & followers about 100 Days to Christmas on Facebook or Twitter(so easy to do when you use the Share This button at the bottom of this post) and leave a comment here linking to your profile,
3) subscribe to 100 Days to Christmas‘ RSS feed using a reader or by email and leave a comment here,
4) blog about 100 Days to Christmas then leave a comment here linking to your post.
5) become a member of the 100 Days to Christmas community
One of each of these per day please. You have until October 18 at 6 pm EST to enter.
Love the canvas! Love Advent. I did a couple of Advent ideas for kiddos last yr on my blog and have 2 in the works for this year too! Great encouragement to think ahead!
Robin
All Things Heart and Home
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I was just pondering Advent. Looking forward to this – I will definitely sub, tweet & link to you!
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I just re-tweeted your tweet! Do I get a second entry!!!???
Robin
All Things Heart and Home
ps…would have RT anyway…as you know I love the website!
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I am so excited about this Christmas, my daughter is 3 and finally can understand what Christmas is all about. We have a few advent activities I want to do!
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What a great idea!! I have not done that before.
I am a subscriber
and a member.
what a neat idea, I am off to follow your links and get some ideas.
This is a super idea. Time really ticks away – can’t believe how quickly!
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I ama subscriber…
… and a community member.
What a great activity for a rainy day here in the northeast!
I got a new advent book this year…beautiful doors to open with a little scripture each day. I’m looking forward to using it and putting the beautiful book out on the table.
That sounds like a fun way to incorporate activities into an advent calendar. I have to include SOME candy, though, for fear of a mutany.
In about one hour, I will have blogged about 100 days to Christmas. (Yay! Two entries into the drawing in one!)
Here’s that blog post I mentioned!
http://nikkifoofoo.diaryland.com/great.html
This is a wonderful idea~!
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