Advent Tradition

We have several Advent and Christmas traditions.  One of them is books.  Each year as I put away the Christmas items, I wrap up each of our Christmas books.  I use newspaper or the ends of wrapping paper.  Then as Advent begins, I pull out the books and each night we get to open, one or two, and read a Christmas story together.  Some are sweet, some are funny, each one read together is a memory.

This also allows the kids to take turns opening a gift and everyone gets a chance to open books before Christmas.  At risk of jinxing, this seems to also help keep gifts under the tree wrapped and less tempting.