Live Christmas Trees

 Did you have a nice Christmas?

Ours was wonderful!

After a nice dinner on Christmas Eve

 we gathered

everyone together in the family room 

for a program.

We talked about the Savior and discussed the

celebration of His birth.

From stories to music 

we were reminded of the

True Meaning of Christmas

For our Grand Finale we ended with a

family game

that provided new visuals to the words

Live Christmas Trees

 Our youngest son Paul, 

who flew in from

Salt Lake City to join us for the week,

kindly allowed us to use him as 

Tree #1

 Our daughter's boyfriend Kevin

was also a good sport

and let us use him as 

Tree #2

The original idea for this game came from Spoonful

called Family Tree

Divide the group into two teams,

and give each a supply box full of

crepe paper

aluminum foil

ornaments

 ribbon

and other "trimmings"

 The contest is to see which team

can decorate THE BEST

Christmas Tree

One of the great things about this activity is that

you can involve all age groups.

The grand kids had as much fun as the adults.

 We were a lot more random

and not as tidy

 in our decorating as 

the Spoonful model's example...

but the hysterical laughter 

that increased in volume

with each bow and bell

made our hasty attempts 

well worth the effort.

 Kevin couldn't move 

after being draped in a string of blinking lights

that were plugged into the wall.

Long glass icicle ornaments

were even hung from Paul's ears

 If you were judge,

who would you pick as the best

Live Christmas Tree?

 It must have been the

impressive 

Aluminum foil Star Crown

or the hand written signs

because Paul took the prize.

We had so much fun we think

 we need to make this activity an

Annual Christmas Event in our family

Next year: stay tuned

Bigger and better decoration choices will be coming our way.