December 25 Advent and Elf

Advent Calendar : Make Jesus a birthday cake.

While we were putting frosting on the cake. I asked Dylan if he wanted to put red sprinkles on it. He insisted on green since it's his favorite color.  I explained we only had red. He asked if God liked the color red. I said, yes, he loves every color because he made them.

Later that night, I was eating a piece of it and he said what are you doing? I said eating a piece of birthday cake. He said, that's God's cake. I said, we get to eat the cake too because he wants us to celebrate Jesus' birthday.


The elves had a little gift that they wrapped up.

The letter said,

Dylan and Natalie,

It's Christmas! Woo Hoo! See the present we wrapped, open it, go on....then come back and read the letter.

It's Jesus. He's the greatest gift ever. Born into the world as a baby and died to be our best friend forever. I am so thankful for Jesus. I want to shout it from the mountain tops. I love Jesus! How about you?  See you next year.

Love
Batty and Peppermiz

 He was opening the gift. All I could think was I hope he doesn't get mad when he realizes this isn't a gift for him per say.

 Then the reveal. It's baby Jesus.  (There is a story behind this baby Jesus.  I got a nativity from Malawi during my first trip. It's carved of wood and it's really pretty. They wrapped it for me at the market, so I didn't bother unwrapping since I thought it would travel well.  I got home with the nativity and guess what, no baby Jesus.  I guess I got them to low on the price and they taught me a lesson.  The following year and I had to hit up everyone in the market for a fair price on just a baby Jesus.  They really priced gouged me compared to what I paid for the entire nativity. )

Happy Birthday Jesus!