The Nativity

Ethan and Eli were very excited about Christmas and what Santa would bring them, but we wanted to make sure they remembered the true spirit of Christmas and why we really celebrated Christmas. For family home evening on Dec. 21, we pulled out the nativity set. We carefully put up the porcelin figurines and explained the story of the baby Jesus. Then we got out the kids fisher price nativity set so they could have a hands-on experience and really understand the story of Christmas and also hopefully be less likely to touch the "nice" nativity. We also watched a short video about the birth of Jesus and explained that Christmas is when we celebrate the day Jesus was born. I think they really enjoyed it and we hope they understood the true meaning of Christmas. They loved "their" nativity set. Well, the next morning while I was making breakfast, I saw them dancing around the table where their nativity was set up and singing "Christmas is when we celebrate the day Jesus was born. We love Christmas and we love Jesus!" Seriously both Eli and Ethan were dancing around singing this over and over again at the top of their lungs. I think they understood what we were trying the teach them the night before. They are such sweet boys!