I am so excited to share my recent chat with Kendra from Catholic All Year!  I am so glad she came back on the show to talk about her family traditions for Advent and Christmas.

I love Kendra's take on Advent, Santa, her family's 12-Days-Movie-Marathon, a Birthday Cake for Jesus, everything.  If you are looking for some ideas on how to fully experience and honor both Advent and Christmas, you've come to the right place.
Links & Things:
Kendra's post about Advent that we talked about on this episode

What Kendra's house looks like a few days into Advent

A short excerpt from GK Chesterton about Santa

Kiwi Crate -- What Kendra is giving her kids this year! (And her affiliate link!)

LEGO City Advent Calendar* (I reeaallyy wish I had this when I was a kid!!)

An Advent Carols CD!! Advent Carols from St. John's*

The super awesome Nativity Play that Kendra wrote!

Kendra's favorite family read-alouds for Advent

Kendra's favorite Christmas Picture Books

The Christmas Novena Kendra talked about

7 reasons Kendra's kids don't need toys this year

My Advent Calendar for sale on Etsy! 

And since we talked about shopping early for Christmas gifts -- some gift ideas for you:
I always loved getting a new movie for Christmas.  Here are a few good ones I found at Ignatius Press:

Nicholas: The Boy Who Became Santa*

Bernadette, Princess of Lourdes* (This was one of my favorites as a kid!)

Francis: Knight of Assisi*

Some more great ideas:
The Ignatius Press Advent books and items list*

The Ignatius Press Christmas Gift Guide*

*These are all affiliate links.  If you purchase anything through these links, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission.  Thank you for helping support this podcast!
Lastly,
I would love to hear what YOUR family traditions are for Christmas and Advent!  Share in the comments below, and feel free to share a link to your blog if you have a post about it!!

And have a wonderful Thanksgiving next week!!!!!
Kristin