When the last loop has been removed, it is CHRISTMAS DAY!
You will need:
Construction paper: red, green, yellow or gold
Glue
Tape or stapler to fasten loops.
Scissors
Trace bow onto red paper, star onto yellow or gold paper, and lastly trace the triangle unit onto green paper.(outer triangle with inner triangle)
Cut out bow, star and tree triangle.
Now you will cut away the larger triangle from the pattern sheet and discard, leaving the greenish portion containing the poem triangle.
Glue green poem triangle onto your larger green construction paper triangle to form a tree.
Next, glue star and bow onto this.
Cut 13 1"thick x 6" long strips of green paper and 12 – 1" thick x 6" long strips of red paper. You will have a total of 25 loops.
Starting with a green strip, create a loop and staple to the bottom of tree behind bow.
Begin making chain of loops alternating between red and green construction paper.
Each day, starting with December 1, have your child remove one loop from bottom of chain. When the last loop has been removed, it is CHRISTMAS DAY!
Santa's Christmas Countdown Calendar for Advent
Christmas countdown calendars are based on the liturgical calendar began in early Christian times. Some of the first Popes used a "countdown" as a way to increase anticipation for the celebration of the birth of Christ.
Advent came in to more widespread use by the Catholic Church in Roman times, and is still celebrated today. When Sant Claus came into favor in the early 19th century, and commercialism took over the Christmas holiday, they "borrowed" the countdown calendar and it became ____ Shopping days until Christmas.
In the U.S most families who celebrate Christmas do a blending of celebrating Christ birthday and Gifts from Santa Claus. They often use an Advent Calendar or Wreath or Christmas Countdown Calendar. Advent Wreath consist of five candles, four marking the 4 Sundays in Advent and one in the center marking the birth of Christ. The Candles are encircled with a green wreath. The first, second and third Sundays in lent are marked by lighting "pink" candles and the fourth Sunday is marked by lighting a purple candle, and on Christmas the center candle is lit to mark the birth of Christ.
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