12 Days of Christmas

I told Coach that this could be the most magical Christmas for our family because Cart is almost three and Calla still believes at 8. He reminded me that this is exactly what I said last year. The truth is, I am holding on to the magic for as long as I can. He supports me in my slight over the top behaviors, because in all honesty… Christmas is his favorite. Some things I am set on: Santa visits the Sunday after Thanksgiving to review our lists and check on things at home. Our friends and family join us and it is my most stressful favorite Christmas tradition. We have started going on a family trip after Christmas to make the best memories. We ride around on the weekends looking at lights and drinking hot chocolate. I have a favorite things party with my closest friends. We have a calendar that we open each night that tells a child version of the birth of Jesus. Santa brings 3 things, (strict about that) and this year I am adding the 12 Days of Christmas with books. I did it for 2 years with Calla then I stopped. Now Cart is excited about reading books together, so it is the perfect time to bring this back.

With all of the deals going on, I am using Amazon this year to quickly grab some inexpensive reads for Christmas. We will start on December 13th and end on the 24th. I will link all of the books we have arriving this week. I am linking them now because with so many sales going on, most of them are 50-60% off. The sale will end this weekend, so you may want to grab them quickly to ensure the lowest cost. My goal is to keep this tradition below $75. When they are all in my cart I am right at $75.50. When I clicked to have them delivered in one day for less packages, I saved $5. (I also think this would be a fun classroom idea! How cute would it be to have your class open a book each day?!)

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