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Yeats. Our Elf

I want Snowflake to have amazing memories of Christmas. It is my favorite time of the year. I also want them to be Christ focused. A few years ago when the Elf on the Shelf craze hit I struggled. Do I get one or not? We don't do Santa (we watch the cartoons but she knows of Saint Nicholas and that Santa Clause is fake) but we get stocking stuffers.  It didn't make sense, so I didn't get the Elf on the Shelf.

I was then given one. So I prayed about it. God gave me an idea! I could use the cute guy to go on a journey to discovering the true meaning of Christmas each year.

So our elf Yates (my favorite poet) does just that.  Each night we learn about Jesus, why we have Christmas and how we share Christmas with others.

He starts his journey the night of December 1st each year.  Stay tuned to see some of his adventures!


                            2015: Reading Jesus' birth
                            2015: Jesus: the Light of the world

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