An O Antiphon Basket of Love ~

Brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favorite things!

This year we get a full fourth week of Advent to focus on sharing Love. 

These are the books wrapped and waiting to be opened after dinner each night this week.

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The Candle in the Window



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A Christmas Gift for Mama

12-19-11

The Clown of God

12-20-11

The Christmas Cobwebs

12-21-11

The Little Fir Tree

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Mortimer's Christmas Manger

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The Donkey's Dream

Christmas Eve
The Christmas Story

Light one candle for love,
One bright candle for love.
He brings Love to every heart,
He comes!  He comes!

A Basket of Joy ~

This third week of Advent is a Joyful one.  We are getting closer to the celebration of our Lord's birth!

This weeks basket is full of pretty pink wrapped books waiting to be enjoyed.

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The Baker's Dozen

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The Lady of Gualdalupe

12-13-11

Hanna's Christmas

12-14-11

The Legend of the Poinsettia

12-15-11

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

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Night Tree

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The Candle in the Window

Light one candle for Joy,

One bright candle for Joy.

He brings Joy to every heart

He comes!

He comes!

Second Week of Advent ~ The Peace Basket

These are the books waiting to be opened this second week of Advent.

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Let There Be Peace on Earth

(I thank the Lord for another year of life.  I pray that I may be an instrument of His peace always.)

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Saint Francis Celebrates Christmas

12-6-11

Saint Nicholas, The Real Story of the Christmas Legend

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The Christmas Candle

12-8-11

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Mary

12-9-11

Pablo's Christmas

12-10-11

The Night of Las Posadas

We are all enjoying this new little tradition of opening a new book to read each day/night. 

May your second week of Advent be blessed with Peace!

Advent Week 1 - The Hope Basket

I've just finished wrapping our books for this first week of Advent.

This week we focus on Hope.  Our hope in Christ and how we can spread this hope everywhere we go - especially at home.  Tonight we will light one candle for hope, one bright candle for hope,

He brings Hope to everyone, He comes, He comes.

We will also unwrap the first book and start on our reading adventure as we prepare to celebrate the coming of our Lord this Christmas.

Sunday, November 27th

 The Jesse Tree

Monday, November 28th

Little Bunny Finds Christmas

Tuesday, November 29th

The Tale of the Three Trees

Wednesday, November 30th

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Thursday, December 1st

Advent Stoybook, 24 Stories to share before Christmas

Friday, December 2nd

The Cobweb Curtain

Saturday, December 3rd

The Legend of the Candy Cane



You can find lots more Advent reading inspiration here, here and here. 

Hope your week is filled with HOPE