Many of you started Unearthing Wonder on the first Sunday of advent and then ran out of content by the fourth Sunday. Others of you want something super simple because a 25 day reading plan is more than your family can handle this year. Here is a 5 day advent plan that you can do before or after Christmas to bring a little more of the sacred into the season.
Day 1
Read or listen to
by Rachel Isadora (click for Youtube link)
Look at
Read Isaiah 9:2, 6-7
Day 2
Read or listen to The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie de Paola (Youtube link)
Roll beeswax candles.
Sing O Holy Night
Read Luke 1:26-38
Day 3
Read or listen to Twas the Night of Christmas by Glenys Nellist
Make clay candle holders. See tutorial here.
Sing Silent Night
Read Luke 2:1-7
Day 4
Listen to “In the Bleak Midwinter” by Christina Rossetti, performed by Keith and Kristyn Getty
Make a pinecone birdfeeder-spread peanut butter on a pinecone. Roll in birdseed. Hang for the birds.
Sing Away in a Manger
Read Luke 2:8-14
Day 5
Listen to The Friendly Beasts by Tomie de Paola
Sing The Friendly Beasts
Make sugar cookies
Read John 1:1-5