Celebrate Christ...25 Ways in 25 Days

Welcome to In the Vine, a blog by the Vine Property Group team.  We’ll keep you connected to desert real estate, share what’s happening, what’s new and what’s fun in the valley, and sometimes, we’ll share what’s on our heart too.

Today, in my first post, I’m sharing my heart. It seems crazy to talk about Christmas already, on the first of November, but this is a really fun tradition you can start with your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews or any child in your life this Christmas. Telling you about it now gives you plenty of time to put it together if you want to.

Celebrate Christ Cards...25 Ways in 25 Days© started as a gift my daughter Jennifer and I put together for her two younger cousins four years ago. We’ve since shared it with lots of people who’ve told us they love sharing this tradition with their own kids or grandkids.  Maybe you’ll want to share it with a child in your life…it’s not as time consuming as you might think, and the results are priceless!

Here’s how it works.

• First, take a look at the slide show of the 25 Celebrate Christ Cards…25 Ways in 25 Days© and the inexpensive gift ideas to share with your child each day in December.
• If you want to share this with a child in your life, you can print the cards on regular 8.5” X 11” paper. First follow the instructions at the bottom of this post to download the print ready file, then follow these instructions to print them:
• Click File on your browser menu
• Click Print
• On the print menu, click Preferences
• On the Preferences menu, choose borderless printing if you have that option. If not choose, "fit to page."
• Print the pages.
• Fold the printed sheets in half and there you have the cards! Enjoy.
• Using the list of gift ideas, or your own creativity, choose a gift for each day’s card.
• Wrap each gift, or put it in a gift bag, include that day’s card and number the gift or bag, Day 1 for Dec 1, Day 2 for Dec 2, Day 3 for Dec 3, etc…
• If you’d like, buy a small 3” lighted tree and put all the gifts under the tree, or hang the smaller gift bags on the tree as ornaments. It’s also fun to hide the gifts and let them have fun finding it each day.
• Choose a time each day you will spend time with your child reading the card, teaching them that day’s bible truth and letting them open the gift, which is designed to help them remember that’s day’s message.
  

Kids love the anticipation of the package, and the time spent together each day as a family. Parents love that it helps the whole family focus on Christ at Christmas, while building a biblical foundation.

If you like to shop online, you’ll find almost everything you need at Christianbook.com, Orientaltrading.com, and Amazon.com. If you prefer stores, you’ll find everything stores like Target, Walmart, The Dollar Store etc.

If you decide to give this a try in your family, let me know what you think!  I’d also love to know gift ideas for each day that you think of, that we haven’t included.

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> Click here to download your own set of cards

• Print on 8.5" X 11" paper
• If you set your printer page set up to "borderless printing," it will completely fill the page with a 2 sided card that you fold in half.  Use a dot of glue to glue the two sides together, or a piece of double stick tape, and you'll have an 8.5" X 5.5" two sided card.
• If you don't have borderless printing, just print, fold in half and trim with scissors.
• You may want to help your child learn the names for Jesus taken from the bible, that you'll see on the back of the cards.
• Enjoy!