tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2652328700895806821.post6121575819618466804..comments2023-10-08T07:27:23.687-05:00Comments on The Shepherd's Flock: Christmas ConfessionsCrystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11489778193608680079noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2652328700895806821.post-79786024055330722042012-01-02T10:13:18.465-06:002012-01-02T10:13:18.465-06:00I absolutely love this post! It's REAL! Unli...I absolutely love this post! It's REAL! Unlike some things you read on the web...Our Christmas was better this year, but nothing like I had pictured, yet again. I guess we are going to have to start at Halloween next year in order to fit everything in that we want to fit in! <br /><br />We started our advent activities December 1. I had it all printed on cute Christmas paper and in the little drawers of the snowman way back in November. I had a list of the actvities in case I needed to do some drawer switching. I also used our calendar to decide what days we would have more and less time. I was highly organized with this. And I was EXCITED! Then life happened and we got off track and never caught up after about day 7. <br /><br />We do Santa. I did Santa and never doubted God. Never even crossed my mind. The two are unrelated. Santa even came to see E at my parents' house on Christmas Eve. <br /><br />And as far as Christmas gifts... We buy until we think we have what we want to get her. How scientific is that?? Our Christmases are kind of big, but Christmas and birthday are the only times we really buy her toys. Your Madden toy sounds familiar. About two days before Christmas E decided she wanted to ask Santa for an "elephant toy". We had no clue what that meant. Steve scoured stores during lunch breaks. I looked in the evening on my last minute shopping runs. No luck. Then on Christmas Eve morning while at Walmart it hit me...I got her the movie Dumbo. She loves it. <br /><br />And our house is/was a wreck. Christmas does that every year.<br /><br />Again...I love that you posted this. Imperfectly perfect was ours as well. :)Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15970900624010115206noreply@blogger.com