That sounds awesome!
Discussion
Will you be able to attend the #parentstr meetup Christmas eve? I myself can't make it, but it should be even better. The RCMP might even make an appearance.
Oh, I don't know. I'm planning to have a migraine that day, after staying up late with a leaky faucet and a child with the sniffles. So difficult, to plan ahead.
'Tis! Advent is a time of hopeful waiting and reflection and relaxing. It's called the Quiet/Still Time ("Staade Zeit"), and we do a bit of shopping at open-air markets and chilling, but there's no commercial frenzy.
The Christmas trees stay outside until Christmas Eve, when we bring them in and turn the lights on, after dinner. The men do that, in a different room, while the women keep the little children occupied, elsewhere, and the Christkind brings the presents and puts them under the tree. Then the Christkind mysteriously rings a bell, and the men rush in, to tell the children that the Christkind *just left*, and then they walk in and see the tree and the presents and the plate of cookies that the Christkind was too busy to eat and are like wow 👀
That is awesome. I am still try to figure out some advent traditions for my family. I can't quite do the put up the tree the day after Halloween thing. Might put it up undecorated this weekend.