Did you know that last Sunday was Advent Sunday in some parts of the world and that today, 1st December, is what some folk say is the start of the part of the year called Advent? Mum calls it the run up to Christmas and she bought us an Advent calendar, which looks a bit like this one.
This will be our first Christmas and we’re REALLY excited. We’re going to take it in turns to open a window of the Advent Calendar every day.
“Today it was my turn, and tomorrow it’s Snowball’s turn, then it’ll be my turn again, then it’ll be Snowball’s turn, then it’ll be my turn, then it’ll be Snowball’s turn, then it’ll be...”
“SNOWFLAKE......I think they’ve got it, okay?”
We’re also going to decorate our Christmas Tree today. Our tree’s a real one, in fact it’s still growing. We’ve got fairy lights, baubles, tinsel and a big star to put on the top of it. It’ll look lovely. Mum’s going to let us do it all by ourselves. She says it’ll keep us quiet – hee hee. We don’t think so, do you?
Mum told us to go on the internet and find out how many types of Christmas Trees there were, there were LOADS. We thought there’d just be one type, like the ones that grow around us, but there were lots more...
“Nordman Fir, Fraser Fir, Douglas Fir, Scots Pine, Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, Omorica Spruce, White Pine.....”
“Alright Mr Knowitall Snowball, that’s enough. Here’s a photo of some of them so that you can see the differences...”
Mum says that decorating a tree at Christmas is something that has pagan origins. We have NO IDEA what pagan means, but it sounds old, so we reckon it’s probably something that people have done for a long, long time – decorate trees at Christmas. Whatever it’s origins, we think that it’s a great idea, so we’re going to go off now and get it done.
See you next week.
This will be our first Christmas and we’re REALLY excited. We’re going to take it in turns to open a window of the Advent Calendar every day.
“Today it was my turn, and tomorrow it’s Snowball’s turn, then it’ll be my turn again, then it’ll be Snowball’s turn, then it’ll be my turn, then it’ll be Snowball’s turn, then it’ll be...”
“SNOWFLAKE......I think they’ve got it, okay?”
We’re also going to decorate our Christmas Tree today. Our tree’s a real one, in fact it’s still growing. We’ve got fairy lights, baubles, tinsel and a big star to put on the top of it. It’ll look lovely. Mum’s going to let us do it all by ourselves. She says it’ll keep us quiet – hee hee. We don’t think so, do you?
Mum told us to go on the internet and find out how many types of Christmas Trees there were, there were LOADS. We thought there’d just be one type, like the ones that grow around us, but there were lots more...
“Nordman Fir, Fraser Fir, Douglas Fir, Scots Pine, Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, Omorica Spruce, White Pine.....”
“Alright Mr Knowitall Snowball, that’s enough. Here’s a photo of some of them so that you can see the differences...”
Mum says that decorating a tree at Christmas is something that has pagan origins. We have NO IDEA what pagan means, but it sounds old, so we reckon it’s probably something that people have done for a long, long time – decorate trees at Christmas. Whatever it’s origins, we think that it’s a great idea, so we’re going to go off now and get it done.
See you next week.
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