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Christmas Everyone at our house gets exhausted First Day of -December 25th The 2nd Day of Christmas- after all the preparations and activities Draw for Secret pals….. th of Advent &Christmas Day. Did you Do something for your pal on each of the 12 days….one the December 26 know that Christmas officially begins last day guess who was yours. You can do a simple chore Have a family game night challenge on December 25th? The Christmas for them or even give them an inexpensive gift that you Organize a Wii bowling Tournament. Invite the neighbors and their kids over for a fun evening. Offer season lasts for the next 12 days ending made or bought. Remember it is a secret! Have an fun prizes like a decorated chip cookie…..or on the or . Epiphany Party on the Twelfth Day. do it old school and play a board game. Take advantage of this time to do some fun things as a family while the kids are off from School. This Third Day of Christmas-December 27th newsletter offers some ideas that you can do at home. Have A Christmas Scavenger Hunt Merry Christmas, Make a list of all the Christmas symbols you see around the house. Assign someone to Elayne Werges, Diaconal Minister write clues on post it notes or recipe cards for each item and have them announce. Or

th hand out the clues. The first person who figures out the clue gets a point. Give them a 4 Day of Christmas-

December 28th special activity to do that day. Examples for clues: Think about those who don’t have enough….Clean out your  I am round like a (Christmas wreath) toy box. Take the good stuff that  I ring in season (bell) you don’t use anymore to a local  I remind you of God’s everlasting love (evergreen tree) agency that works with kids….or  I’ve got the Christmas Story between covers (Bible ) donate them to the church  nursery. ‘Quiet’ toys and books are I pointed the way for three travelers (star)  It all started here (Nativity Scene) especially needed.

th THE Sixth Day of Christmas- 5 Day of Christmas- December 30th December 29th TWELVE Make a Tree of Wisdom Look up the song “The 12 Days You will need: Bibles, small pieces of paper, pencils, colorful tissue paper, ribbons, of Christmas”. Have the kids Days of gold-foil wrapped chocolate coins or Treasures rewrite the song into your own Directions: Find wisdom in the Book of Proverbs and come up with some of your words. Have each of them own. Write them on slips of paper. Fold the slips with a coin in the middle wrap in Christmas tissue paper. Tie them with ribbon and hand on the Christmas tree. Later in the write one of the verses. Sing day gather as a family to choose wisdom bundles to open and read. The gold coin your song at supper. is a reminder that wisdom is better than gold..

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Northeastern Iowa Synod-Home Life Network for use by families and local congregations. For more ideas about how you can pass on faith in your homes go to: http://www.neiasynod.org/synod_resources/YouthFamilyResources.asp If you have a comment or suggestion for future newsletters or are interested in joining the Home-Life Network please contact the synod office or contact Elayne Werges at [email protected] – Look for us on Facebook! th The 7th Day of Christmas-December 31th 8th Day of Christmas Begins January 6 and Remembering your Blessings…. January 1st Ends on Shrove th Celebrate New Year’s Eve by inviting Find out what if your family has a Tuesday-February 12 traditional New Year’s food. For friends with children over for a pot luck many people with Norwegian supper and lantern launching. Have th heritage they would make 12 Day of enough lanterns for each family unit Lutefisk, Lefse, and Meat balls. A (available at amazon.com). Write what Southern tradition is to make Christmas- th your family’s blessings for the year, what Hoppin’ John, Corn Bread, and January 5 you are thankful for and what you are Collard Greens. What is your Prepare for “Three Kings Day”, the concerned about. Launch the lanterns and family’s favorite meal. Give each day of Epiphany that happens on Jan. 6th. It is the celebration of the watch them float away. Celebrate the person something to make or do to make the meal special. arrival of the three wisemen who hopes and dreams for 2013! came to visit Jesus. Read about their visit in Matthew 2. To celebrate, make a King’s . Every year along Ninth Day of Christmas- rd 10th Day of Christmas-January 3 the Gulf Coast people celebrate nd January 2 Have a Talent/No Talent Show with a Kings Cake. The Pray for Your Family and Friends Begin planning ahead of time. cake is baked and decorated and a small baby doll is hidden in the cake, As a family sit down and go through Encourage everyone to develop whoever finds the baby gets to be the each of the cards and pictures that some kind of an act….the goal is to King for the day and host next years you received this year. Pray for each have a good time! Encourage the celebration! of the card senders and share how kids to work together to come up you know them and share your with an act. Be Creative! favorite memories.

th 11 Day of Christmas- Easy Kings Cake Recipe: th January 4 2 tubes of dough with frosting* Idea: Make a Time Capsule to Open Next Purple, green, and gold (yellow) Year! sugars What you will Need: A small plastic baby (find in the party  a vessel large enough to store your section) Table Talk…. Mardi Gras Beads things. Directions: Conversation Starters to use when you  Items to include Prepare large cookie sheet as directed gather for a meal, as you are driving in  Paper, pens, envelopes on the package. Open and remove the car, or as you are preparing for bed. What to do: the dough from the tubes. Arrange the rolls on the pan in a circle.  What are your blessings today/this Get everyone involved. Find items that Overlap the dough slightly. Bake as week. remind you of this Christmas season. directed on the package. When  What were your light places and Avoid putting anything that will attract golden brown, remove from the bugs, so no food type things. Include a dark places today/this week. oven. Frost with frosting provided. newspaper. Have everyone write a letter Sprinkle each color of sugar over  What can we pray for today/this to themselves or to the entire family. warm frosting in sections. week Make a video or power point with *Homemade or Frozen cinnamon roll dough may be substituted.  Tell the story of Jesus’s birth in pictures from everything you did, store it your own words. on a jump drive. Gather as a family to  Share one interesting fact you put everything into the time capsule. The Colors of Mardi Gras learned today/this week Open it in one year…Keep them from Meanings: Gold-Power Green-Faith Purple-Justice year to year.