Advent Calendar, Day 25 (Baby Jesus in a Manger)

We aren't religious in our house, but we still love this little picture for Christmas Day (it's not like Jesus was actually born on 25 December anyway...).

Advent Calendar, Day 24 (Stockings by the Fire)

Advent Calendar, Day 23 (Heart)

Advent Calendar, Day 22 (Ornament)

Chose an ornament for today as we are going up to town later to see the Christmas decorations and windows, etc - I've already done the lights, so it had to be an ornament. The big question is what tomorrow will be - Monday and Tuesday are already set by tradition...

Advent Calendar, Day 21 (Christmas Lights)

We went to some old family friends' house this evening, and they live in a road known locally for its colourful light displays, so the lights seemed the only apt choice. I actually put them up ages ago, but forgot to blog the photo until we got home...

Advent Calendar, Day 19 (Candy Cane)

Advent Calendar, Day 18 (Cardinal)

We actually don't have cardinals here, but as the original pattern is Canadian, there was one included, and I do miss them in winter,  so I went ahead and made one when I made this, all those years ago...

Advent Calendar, Day 17 (Reindeer)

Advent Calendar, Day 16 (Christmas Tree)

So, guess what we did today... (Ok, to be fair, I mostly drove to and from Birmingham, but somewhere along the day, the tree did get put up - one of the advantages of having older kids...)

Advent Calendar, Day 15 (Gingerbread Man)

Today was Christmas baking day - Gingerbread Man always goes up on baking day.  Unless of course, we put the tree up on the same day, like we did last year - then it was really complicated!  Luckily, this year, the tree is going up tomorrow. Whew.

Advent Calendar, Day 14 (House)

One girl home, one to go...

Advent Calendar, Day 13 (Snowman)

No, it didn't snow (no such luck), but it's cold this morning and there's a fair bit of frost on the windscreens of the cars, so I thought it was time for Mr Snowman...

Advent Calendar, Day 11 (Father Christmas)

No particular reason for this one today, just because!

Advent Calendar, Day 10 (Church)

The Scouts have their annual Celebration of Christmas service tonight - about the only time I ever go to church these days - so it's the church for today. Still love the little stained glass windows on this one.

Advent Calendar, Day 9 (Drum)

Band concert tonight, hence the drum. 

Advent Calendar, Day 8 (Apple)

We were talking about the apple yesterday, and how it often doesn't get chosen (there are more pictures than days), so I decided it should feature today, so it doesn't have to be lonely.

Advent Calendar, Day 7 (Angel)

We have a special guest advent calendar selector today - I didn't have time to choose this morning, and by the time I got home this afternoon, Sarah and her friend Izzie were here (they are staying over in order to take the car for the weekend tomorrow morning), so we let Izzie have the honour of choosing the piece. She chose this one - yay!

Advent Calendar, Day 6 (Sledge)

We don't always have a link to why we put each picture up (though there are traditions, like the tree on the day we put up the tree and the gingerbread man on the day we bake), but sometimes it's fun to have one. Alex chose this today, not because there is snow, but because the Explorers (oldest set of Scouts) are going go-karting for their Christmas outing tonight. And sledging was about as close to go-karts as our calendar gets - it's like snowless, indoor, motorized team sledging with helmets and seatbelts... (And if that description reminded you of a George Carlin sketch about ball sports, yes, that was intentional.  Plus, you are really old.)

Advent Calendar, Day 5 (Santa Hat)

Advent Calendar, Day 4 (Train)