A while back I remember reading a website that suggested using the 25th of each month as a day to set aside to prepare for Christmas.  This can mean whatever people want it to.  For the crafty, it may mean working at making homemade gifts, ornaments and decorations.

I sort of put the idea on a back shelf in my mind, but mentioned it recently to my kids, who (of course!) loved the idea.  For one thing, it means a day off from the books (always a good idea to them), and for another, I give a homemade gift to every single person on our church staff, as well as elders and close friends.  With a staff team that's pushing 40 people, this is a huge undertaking.  And for another thing, the kids have been making homemade gift tags, bags, and small gift items to sell to raise money for their own Christmas shopping, and for missions.  We've done this for the past 2 or 3 years.  But we've always put the books aside in December and worked madly on these projects every day through the month in a mad race to make the deadline.

So, tomorrow we're having our first Christmas preparation day.  We'll be making homemade and decorated gift tags and gift bags as these are our top seller, and we can never seem to make enough of them.

Maybe I'll put on some Christmas music, blast the air-con, and make some hot chocolate to get us into the Christmas spirit, but my biggest goal is to make this December just as memorable, but a little less hectic.  How do you deal with organizing for the holidays?

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