On the Thursday morning before Christmas break, we had a small Christmas party for our Bible study kids. Typically, I don’t equate the word “party” with 7:30am, but we made it work. I brought my little ballerina tree from home, and the kids put their gifts for our White Elephant gift exchange below it. I was happy to trade in the old iron a Christmas ornament that we got at our Sunday school Christmas party, and was pleasantly surprised to end up with a cute notebook and colorful pens. I had a hard time finding something to give the kids- we have loved watching the Bible study grow, it just makes it tricky to find something that we can afford to give them! I settled on burning them a CD of christian Christmas music. This year more than ever, I have been really disappointed with the absence of music that celebrates the true reason for the season on the radio, so I’m hoping that CDs made them think about more than mommy kissing Santa Claus. Our celebration was nothing fancy, but we had a great time celebrating with people that mean so much to us!
** Pictures courtesy of the kids that stole my camera within two minutes of us walking through the door.
