Advent and Jesse Tree

We did the advent activities again this year as we've done the past several years!  It was a hit and the kids loved opening up each day and seeing what was going on that day!  Here is a list of what we did in addition to things that were already planned like choir performance, kindergarten programs, office parties, etc.

Decorate tree
Color a Christmas picture
Shop for toys for Toys for Tots/Christmas Store
Breakfast with Santa
Write letters to Santa
Make a Christmas craft
Decorate Gingerbread men
Special treat
Ride the Polar Express(which got rained out...boo!!)
Go Ice Skating(which got cancelled because it was too warm...boo!!)
Make and take neighbors Christmas goodies
Have a play date
Make reindeer food
Drive around looking at Christmas lights
Decorate gingerbread houses
Hollywild
Roper Mountain Holiday lights
Read The Night Before Christmas

Also, last year I got a new book by Ann Voskamp(she is an incredible Christian writer that writes in a way I've never read before) for our Jesse Tree.  We haven't done the Jesse Tree in a couple of years, but we brought it back out and enjoyed our daily reading and the hanging of each ornament!