Day 3

Story/audio: As Little Ones

Activity: Coloring Book: As Little Ones

*Story: The Intriguing Story of the First Christmas (pages 9–13)

Day 4

Article: What Christmas Is All About

Article: Christmas Angels

Article: Eight Years Old and Making a Difference

Day 5

Story: The Best Christmas Ever

Activity: Christmas Paper Stockings

Activity: Nativity Finger Puppets

Day 6

Article: Gifts for Jesus

Activity: “Gifts for Jesus” Supplement

Activity: Christmas Ornaments and Characters (color) or Christmas Card Frames (black/white)

Day 7

Story/audio: Carina and the Christmas Play

Activity: The Mammoth Christmas Crossword (Answer Key: The Mammoth Christmas Crossword)

Day 8

Video: Video: I’ll Shine (audio also available here)

*Story (for older children): Max’s Christmas Trouble

Day 9

Story: The Christmas Kite

Activity: Create a Christmas Card with “Be the Artist: Jesus Is Born”

Day 10

Story: Piles of Presents for Jesus

*Story (for older children): Roshna’s Gift to Give

Day 11

Story: Mr. Orwell’s Christmas Tale

Activity: Coloring Pages: Mr. Orwell’s Christmas Tale

*Article (for older children): The Gift of a Thankful Heart

Day 12

Song: Jesus Is Born

Activity: The First Christmas Puppet Storyteller

*Story (for older children): An Old-Fashioned Christmas

Day 13

Story: The Angel and the Gifts

Article: Prayer Potential

Activity: Can You Crack Our Christmas Code? Answer key found here.

Day 14

Song: Make Haste

Article: Such Love

Activity: Coloring Page: Such Love!

Day 15

Article: Tell Others

Article: Gifts that Make Me Glad

Video: Run with Torches

Day 16

Article: The Gift that Never Wears Out (tract included)

Video: Who Is Immanuel

*Story: Max and the Plan to Catch a Guardian Angel

Day 17

Story/audio: A Donkey’s Tale

Activity: Coloring Page: A Child Is Born

Video: The Christmas Story

Day 18

Video: Jesus Is Born

Activity: Coloring Book: Jesus Is Born

Activity: Flannelgraph: Jesus Is Born

Day 19

Article: Christmas Superheroes

Article: A Key to Christmas Joy

*Video: Christmas in a Nutshell

Day 20

Song: Hasten Now, O Shepherds

Article/audio: Christmas Thoughts

Learn and sing traditional Christmas carols as a family.

Day 21

Article/audio: What Christmas Means to Me

Article: The Gift of Moments

Video: Around the World Different Cultures Tell the Nativity Story as Their Own

Day 22

Article: The Visit of the Magi

Activity: Coloring Page: The Visit of the Magi

*Video: 100 of the Most Unique Nativity Scenes on Display in Rome

Day 23

Story: Jimmy’s Christmas Homecoming

Article: The Secret to Showing Love

*Story: A Night in Midwinter

Day 24

Story/audio: The Tailor’s Secret

Video: Why Do We Have Christmas Trees?

Activity: Build a Nativity Scene or Decorate a Christmas Tree

*Article: Angels in the Christmas Story

Day 25

Article: I Can Use You!

Article/audio: What Can I Give to Jesus

Activity: Saying Merry Christmas Around the World