One of the easiest things I know to do to celebrate anything is to consider how to engage as many of my senses as I can. It’s why I ask my children what they want for their birthday dinner. Often it is a meal that in taste and aroma recall something happy and familiar to them. I may not get the gift right but the meal is always a win.
This Christmas season I hope you find comfort in old and familiar as well as seek out something new that will awaken your senses of sight, sound, smell touch and taste to a deeper joy of the season.
It’s my meandering Monday and I am sharing just a small portion of the ways I ‘m celebrating the season with all my senses.
These 3 presented Christina Rossetti’s poem, In the Bleak Midwinter. I enjoy reviewing it as the years slip past. Enjoy the sight and sound. Below I have links to books that have helped our family celebrate the season. Merry!
Children’s Christmas Books
Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
A Christmas Collection by Sally Lloyd Jones – and it has audio!
Best Christmas Anthology
A Family Christmas by Caroline Kennedy
Family Advent Resources:
Hallelujah: Cultivating Advent Traditions
Spotify Playlists