Celebrating Christmas Part 2
We are having a cozy evening in front of the fireplace (fake). We are doing a dramatic reading of The Modern Magi by Carol Lynn Pearson, ISBN# 1-882723-21-X. I would recommend this story to any who haven’t read it. We read it to our family yearly. Keep the tissue box handy. We will have pauses during the story for singing Christmas carols. We will also have our secret sister reveling. Should be a good night. (I hope).
Take care and remember the reason for the season.
Lisa
Easy idea for a gift for Dec. Enrichment
We are focusing our Dec. enrichment program on service. We made the easiest gifts to go along with this. We got a 1 1/2 in solid wood block (if there is anyone in your ward who gets craft things wholesale, these are very inexpensive). Then, we painted them with ordinary craft paint — solid color of either all red, blue, green. Then, 15 minutes later they were dry, and we tied 1/8 inch ribbon in differing colors to make them look like presents. We had also typed up a scripture about service (Mos 2:17) onto cardstock and cut them out like a card and put a hole in them and tied them onto the ribbon on the present. They turned out great!
At Enrichment, we are going to challenged everyone there to take it home and do an anonymous act of service for their families over the next 24 hours. Then, they are to leave the present at the site of service. The recipient then has 24 hours to turn around and do an act of service for someone else in the family, leaving the present as well, and have the present keep going up till Christmas. If they are single or in a circumstance where they can’t physically leave the present, they can put it on their windowsill as a reminder to do an extra act of service (more than what they would typically do for someone) each day until Christmas.
We hope it will be great — the presents were all done for about $40 for 100 sisters!
Jennie in Sacramento