Sunday, December 2, 2012

Advent 2012 Resources

Today, December 2, 2012 marks the first day of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church with this first Sunday of Advent.  Did you know the word Advent is from the Latin word advenio, meaning "to come"?

During this time of preparation for the Christ Child to come into our hearts and homes on Christmas Day, His birthday, there are so many fun and creative ways to enjoy the Advent season and focus on the reason for the season vs. the hustle and bustle of what our secular world tries to entice us with.... spending money and getting gifts vs. giving our time, talent, and treasures. 


Pictured is our Advent tree that goes up before our Christmas tree. It is decorated with violet Christmas ball ornaments and on the bottom right corner of the photo is a stack of Christmas books that I wrapped in purple paper.  Each night during Advent our children take turns opening a book and we read it as a family.  This has been a favorite Advent tradition for several years now for our family.

Last year I wrote a post with other Advent traditions our family does including the lighting of our Advent wreath, the Jesse Tree, books we read, a Family Fun Bucket Tradition and more! You can read more of how our family prepares HERE, where I also link up with other bloggers who share their Advent traditions also. 
 
Raising and Teaching Little Saints has an awesome Colossal Set of Resources for Advent that you can read about HERE.

There are so many wonderful ways to prepare our hearts and homes for the birthday of Christ! I pray my links will inspire you to try one or two new traditions.

Here's a great 1 minute video about what Advent is not and what Advent is!



May you have a blessed Advent season as we remember that Jesus is the reason for the season!

No Ordinary Blog Hop 



  

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I LOVE the Advent Tree idea!!! I'm so going to do this!!!! Checking on that book, too! Thanks so much!! Have a blessed Advent!

Patty said...

May you and your family have a blessed Advent this year!

Laurie said...

Love your post! Love the video- shared it with my FB friends. Very cool.

Tiffany said...

Advent blessings to you and your family, Tracy!

noreen said...

What a cool video about what Advent is and what it is not. I haven't seen it before so thank you for sharing! Advent blessings to you!

Post a Comment

LinkWithin

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Subscribe and never miss an update and post!




Hello! Thank you for your Visit!

Hello!  Thank you for your Visit!
I'm Tracy. I love my faith, family and on most days, homeschooling my 5 blessings. When I'm not busy baking cakes for my family or making memories in real life or dreaming I had a housekeeper or professional chef, I enjoy documenting a slice of Smith life in blog land.

Looking for Something? Search My Blog

Follow Me

http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/5144881https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Slice-of-Smith-Life/119996718052404?ref=hlhttps://plus.google.com/u/0/+TracyBuaSmith2029/postshttps://www.pinterest.com/tracybuasmith/

Followers

Please Visit My Sponsor

Amazon Affiliate Search Box

You can support my blog and my family by purchasing through my Amazon affiliate link by using this Amazon Search Box to find products and I will receive a small percentage from your order at no cost to you!

Visit My Friends and Affiliate Links!

I get a small percentage from your purchases!
Thank you!




CCC of America

Brita Baby Boutique

Brita Baby Boutique
IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES !

Follow Me on Pinterest!

Member of Catholic Bloggers Network

Saintnook: Check It Out!

Saintnook: The Saints are Always Online

Curious about the Catholic faith? Click Below

My Blog is Listed at Blog Mommas

My Blog is Listed at Catholic Mommy Blogs

Healthy Moms Magazine Recognition

100 Top Homeschooling Blogs | Healthy Moms Magazine

Blog Post Categories

Blog Archive

Design by My Heart's Desire Creations Copyright © A Slice of Smith Life. Powered by Blogger.

Grab My Button

http://asliceofsmithlife.com

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright © [2010 and forward]. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material and images without express and written permission from this blog’s author and owner is strictly prohibited.