Giving back today....getting into the Christmas Spirit

Every year we donate new toys, donate our change to the Salvation Army Kettle and drop our letters in the box (at the mall) for Santa.

Today we accomplished all that in 1 day!

My gal pal, Deb, was visiting from Syracuse - BONUS - she got to share the joy with us

We have not done traditional pics with the Guy in the Red Suit in a while....high five worked!

What do you do to help instill the holiday spirit in your family?

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Aimee said…

Love the high five pic! This year we are doing a Jesse tree for the first time. I'll be doing some posts on that next week. My daughter also talked me into an elf on the shelf kit so there will probably be some posts about that too!

5:13 PM

Heidi said…

Such a great way to teach the kids about giving back. Our oldest spends her own money to fill two shoe boxes each year for Operation Christmas Child. Thanks for sharing with everyone over at NOBH!

1:14 PM

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