Advent begins one month from today (Sun. 30 Nov.)!

Here's something to do every day of Advent, and the days of Christmas going as far as New Year's Eve (32 in all). We usually put papers in a bowl and take turns drawing them.

Choose the book we read before bed
Shopping with Mama
Shopping with Daddy
Lunch with Mama
Lunch with Daddy
Family walk after dark
Choose the family game after dinner
Mama’s help making a Christmas gift
Watch “Rudolph”
Watch “Frosty”
Attend the Tree-lighting Ceremony in the Park
Attend "The Nutcracker"
Make gingerbread houses
Decorate the tree
Hang stockings
Take an evening drive and look at Christmas lights
Two hours of play time with your parents
Bake cookies
Open one gift on Christmas Eve
Write letters to Santa
Tape a large sheet of paper to the refrigerator door; draw with crayons or markers
Fill the sink with water; dump plastic cups, measuring spoons, and funnels in the sink
Finger paint with shaving cream on the table top
"Draw" on the carpet with colored yarn
Make no-bake cookies
Nuts to crack or shell
Magazine scavenger hunt: magazines, scissors, and a glue stick. Find a dog, a baby, etc.
Ice-cream cone
Take one child at a time for a special shopping trip; include lunch
Go to the movies
Go out to eat
"Undecorating-the-Tree" party; hot apple cider, leftover Christmas goodies, and popcorn