Mothering Many

You know, Christmas is upon us. Don’t sit there and blink at me. You know it is, especially if you do any type of Advent Celebration with your family, as I try to do. We’ve been doing Bible readings and songs and fun Christmas books for a few years now, with more or less success depending on the year, but this year, I think we may do a Jesse Tree. I’d read about them with great interest several times, but the instructions always seemed so complicated and extravagant and well, expensive. There, I’m not afraid to say it–expensive. As if we all know God is impressed by how much money we can afford to drop at the local Christian Book Store or something. Oops. Stopping that tangent right there.

Dragging self back to Jesse Tree.

So, I was doubly thrilled when I read this explanation of the Jesse Tree from SimpleMom.net. We may be flat broke, but I think we can afford paper, right? We’ll most likely do a paper tree with paper ornaments. I might even let the kids color them while I read the devotion. We’ll end up with a bazillion ornaments on our Jesse Tree, but somehow, I think that’s okay, too, and perhaps more fitting for this first experience. And one year, when I have more money, we’ll make or buy fancy pants ornaments. We may think it’s prettier then, but I bet our favorite will always be this first one.