If you are looking for a real simple way of adding Christ into your traditions Emily Belle Freeman has a great book out there. Christ Centered Christmas. you can get the adult version.
But really I love the children's version
I love them because they go through the nativity and one by one, you add the nativity pieces, talk about them, learn about them and it has a simple activity to do. I love that it has figured it all out. There are seven mini lessons, We do them the seven Sundays leading up to Christmas. But you could do them the seven days before Christmas, or just randomly through out the year. Some of the activities I swap out with my own. BUT I LOVE THAT IF I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T HAVE TO THINK!
But for instance Joseph
It talks about how he quietly went about cleaning and getting everything ready for the baby. I totally agree that Joseph was the quiet hero that often gets over looked. I love how the activity for Joseph is to chose a secret act of service the Family can participate in. Joseph is the second mini lesson, so this happens for us six weeks before Christmas. We either start our secret person swap at this time, when we all draw a family member's name out of a hat and serve them for that week, and then we do that again each week leading up to Christmas. Or we pull out our Manger to fill with hay. When you do something nice, for anyone, you can put a piece of hay in the manger.
This is mine, it came in a set called, Soft Enough for a King.
But you can find all sorts of them. with the same concept, or you can simply get just any manger, and it will work. I think this set looks really cute.
I think this is one of my favorite traditions.
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