Anyway, this is a great place to put down our Christmas countdown at least, so that I can access it easily online wherever we are. So here is our 2017 Advent Calendar to countdown to Christmas!
Day One, Friday
12.1.17
Song: “When Joseph
went to Bethlehem”
Children’s Song Book pg. 38
Scripture: Isaiah
7:14
Reading/Video: O Holy Night, MOTABS and King Singers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2TlwcH3h4
Activity: Ogden’s Christmas Village
Day Two, Saturday,
12.2.17
Song: “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” Hymn #214
Scripture: 2 Nephi 26:3
Reading/Video: The
Christmas Orange Story
http://www.motivateus.com/stories/c-orange.htm
Activity: Elf Hunt at Gardner Village
Day Three, Sunday,
12.3.17
Song: “The Shepherd’s
Carol” Children’s Song Book pg. 40
Scripture: Matthew 15:30
Reading/Video: “Can
we See the Christ?” President Uchtdorf http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/lds-magazines/friend-december-2011/2011-12-03-can-we-see-the-christ-eng.pdf
Activity: Watch the First Presidency Christmas Devotional
Day Four, Monday,
12.4.17
Song: “Angels we have Heard on High” Hymn #203
Scripture: 2 Nephi 2:9
Reading/Video: “The Nativity” https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2012-11-2500-the-nativity?category=the-christmas-story&lang=eng
Activity: Mom and Dad to Forgotten Carols, kids watch a
Christmas movie
Day Five, Tuesday,
12.5.17
Song: “Who is This
Child?” Children’s Song Book pg. 46
Scripture: 3
Nephi 11: 1-11
Reading/Video: Hallelujah Chorus, MOTAB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBZ7AfZR9xs
Activity: Jace to shop for Hallie
Day Six, Wednesday,
12.6.17
Song: “O Little Town of Bethlehem” Hymn # 208
Scripture: Mark 16:5
Reading/Video: Group
artists “Angels we Have Heard on High” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrLoWt2tfqg
Activity: Write letters to Santa
Day Seven, Thursday,
12.7.17
Song: “Christmas Bells” Children’s pg. 54
Scripture: Moroni
7:28
Reading/Video: O Come All Ye Faithful, MOTAB
Activity: Make snowflakes to hang around the house
Day Eight, Friday, 12.8.17
Song: “Joy to the World” Hymn #201
Scripture: Luke 23:33-34
Reading/Video: “My Christmas Gift”
https://www.lds.org/youth/article/my-christmas-gift?lang=eng
Activity: Mom and Dad to “A Christmas Carol”, kids watch a
Christmas movie
Day Nine, Saturday,
12.9.17
Song: “Mary’s Lullaby” Children’s song pg. 44
Scripture: 1 Nephi 19:9
Reading/Video: Christmas
Lights video https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-12-53-christmas-lights-on-temple-square?category=christmas-inspirational&lang=eng
Activity: Lights on Sherwood Drive and hot chocolate
Day Ten, Sunday,
12.10.17
Song: “O, Come, All
Ye Faithful” Hymn #202
Scripture: 2 Nephi
9:21
Reading/Video: Carol of the Bells, Piano Guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9GtPX6c_kg
Activity: Make
Gingerbread houses
Day Eleven, Monday,
12.11.17
Song: “Picture a Christmas” Children’s song pg. 50
Scripture: Matt 14:17-21
Reading/Video: Hark the Herald Angels Sing, MOTABs and
Natalie Cole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSE7s3NCr6c
Activity: Go see Santa/go ice skating at Station Park
Day Twelve, Tuesday,
12.12.17
Song: “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” Hymn #209
Scripture: 3 Nephi 11:15
Reading/Video: “The Christmas Tree” Sister Uchtdorf
http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/lds-magazines/liahona-december-2011/2011-12-28-the-christmas-tree-eng.pdf
Activity: Hallie shopping for Flor
Day Thirteen,
Wednesday, 12.13.17
Song: “Stars were Gleaming” Children’s Song pg. 37
Scripture: John 13:34
Reading/Video: “The Christmas Pony” President Monson http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/magazines/friend-december-2014/2014-12-03-the-christmas-pony-eng.pdf
Activity: Coloring Contest with Christmas pages
Day Fourteen,
Thursday, 12.14.17
Song: “Silent Night” Hymn #204
Scripture: Matt 20:30-34
Reading/Video: Joy to
the World, MOTAB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLT9dSt8cwg
Activity: Standby to see Motabs/Christmas movie
Day Fifteen, Friday,
12.15.17
Song: “There was
Starlight on the Hillside” Children’s song pg. 40
Scripture: 2 Nephi 2:26
Reading/Video: O,
Come, Come Emmanuel , Piano Guys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7ySn-Swwc
Activity: Go see the lights at Temple Square
Day Sixteen, Saturday,
12.16.17
Song: “Away in a
Manger” Hymn #206
Scripture: Matt 4:23
Reading/Video: “The Christmas Surprise” https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/magazines/friend/2013/12/christmas-surprise_1178963_prt.pdf
Activity: Shopping for Secret Santa Family
Day Seventeen, Sunday,
12.17.17
Song: “Once within a
Lowly Stable” Children’s pg. 41
Scripture: Luke 2: 46-47
Reading/Video: “Cookies Cans, and Christmas.” http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/magazines/friend-december-2016/2016-12-10-cookies-cans-and-christmas-eng.pdf
Activity: Watch a
Christmas movie/Color Christmas pages
Day Eighteen, Monday,
12.18.17
Song: “With Wondering Awe” Hymn #210
Scripture: Matt 3:16
Reading/Video: The Greatest Gift video https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-12-0140-the-greatest-gift?category=christmas-inspirational&lang=eng
Activity: Mishell go shopping for Lizzie
Day Nineteen, Tuesday,
12.19.17
Song: “Oh, Hush Thee, My Baby” Children’s song pg. 48
Scripture: 2 Nephi 2:6
Reading/Video: “That’s Christmas to Me” Pentatonix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFjdfjrtf1Q
Activity: Watch
Santa’s Reindeer online
Day Twenty, Wednesday,
12.20.17
Song: “The First Noel” Hymn #213
Scripture: Luke 2:8-11
Reading/Video: Jingle
Bells, MOTAB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZrjtdRkwDA
Activity: Deliver Sub
for Santa gifts
Day Twenty one,
Thursday, 12.21.17
Song: “Have a Very Merry Christmas!” Children’s pg. 51
Scripture: Matt 1:21-23
Reading/Video: Bible Video “Good Tidings of Great Joy”
https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-10-043-good-tidings-of-great-joy-the-birth-of-jesus-christ?category=the-christmas-story&lang=eng
Activity: Listen to
the Polar Express on the way to Idaho
Day Twenty two,
Friday, 12.22.17
Song: “Far, Far Away on
Judea’s Plains” Hymn #212
Scripture: Helaman 14:2-4
Reading/Video: “The Christmas Spirit”
https://www.lds.org/youth/video/the-christmas-spirit?lang=eng
Activity: Make/Decorate cookies for Santa
Day Twenty-three,
Saturday, 12.23.17
Song: “The Nativity Song”
Children’s pg. 52
Scripture: Helaman 14:5-8
Reading/Video: The
Twelve Days of Christmas with Count von Count https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMV04cziBh8
Activity: Carlie Stew/Family Party
Day Twenty-Four,
Sunday, 12.24.17
Song: “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” Hymn #207
Reading/Video: “Away
in a Manger” Pentatonix
Activity/Scripture: Act out the Nativity
