I am the actor/costume coordinator and am enjoying this opportunity as well as the fellowship of my fellow seemstresses at church. I wasn't sure how much of a sewer I was before we started but have found that I'm pretty good at it and really enjoy it. Our best costumes, by far, are the Roman Soldiers -- Way to go Pat!
All of this is definitely getting me in the Christmas spirit. Hopefully I can post some pics to share with you later on.
I'm also daydreaming about how we'll decorate our house for Christmas this year. We have two artificial trees but I have never put them both up before. We always put the newer one up in our living room to put all the presents under. I want the other one up in my craft/den/library room where I'll be spending a lot of time making presents for family and friends. You know, to keep that holiday spirit fed :)
A new tradition I want to start with our family is celebrating Three King's Day (Epiphany) on January 6th. I want more truth in our celebrations so am leaving the wise men out of our nativity display until then. Jesus was a child living in a house in Bethlehem when he was visited by the magi and given the gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. I'm not completely sure just how we'll celebrate that day as I am still doing research on it.
For Thanksgiving, we will have dinner at my Aunt Alice's house and then travel to Kirk's parent's house for dessert later on. We always have somewhere to go so never have leftover turkey which is a bummer. So I started having a special turkey dinner with friends during Advent, problem solved.
May all of you have a blessed holiday season!!
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