Congratulations to Heather A. You are the winner of the Countdown to Christmas Contest. I will get your prize to you as soon as possible. All I ask is that you send me a picture of the prize so that I can post it on the blog. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks to everyone who participated. Have A Wonderful Day!!!!!!

I want to thank everyone who participated or commented during the Countdown to Christmas contest! We had a lot of fun didn't we? I wanted to share with you the answers to the games that we were competing with each other.

December 1 - Scattegories
So my answers were:
1. Movie - The Gift of Love
2. Christmas Food Item - White Fudge
3. Something Green - Grinch
4. Christmas Decoration - Pixies
5. Christmas Song - It Must Have Been the Mistletoe
6. Family Christmas Tradition - Chopping Down the Christmas Tree
7. Christmas Drink - Egg Nog
8. Something Red and White in Color - Candy Cane
9.Christmas Wish for this Year -  Bible Journaling Supplies
10. Christmas Activity - Caroling
11. Christmas Book - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
12. Something at the North Pole -  Elves


Scores: Sabrina - 9; Heather - 11; Myself - 8

December 2 - Word Association(You had to match my answers in order to get a point) My answers were:
Snowflake
White Christmas
Egg Nog
Merry Christmas
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Red Nosed Reindeer
Candy Canes 
Jingle Bells
North Pole
Greeting Cards
Baby Jesus
Christmas Day
Silent Night
Gingerbread House
Winter Wonderland
Sleigh Ride
Nutball
Happy New Year
Little Drummer Boy
Fruitcake
Father Christmas
Yule Log
Saint Nicholas
Sugar Cookie
Wrapping Paper
Santa Claus
First Noel
Advent Calendar
Silver Bells
Tree Lighting

Scores: Heather - 23; Sabrina - 20

December 4 - Christmas Carol Family Feud
Top 9 Answers Are:
Silent Night - 22
Jingle Bells - 20
Joy to the World - 10
O Holy Night - 8
Deck the Halls - 5
The First Noel - 4
Little Drummer Boy - 3
We Wish You a Merry Christmas - 3
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - 3

Scores: Heather - 75; Gail - 35

December 16 - Birth of Christ Family Feud
Top 9 Answers:
Star - 35
Manger - 28
Three Wisemen - 10
Mary - 4
Stable - 3
Angels - 3
Shepherds - 3
Inn - 2
Salvation - 2

Scores: Heather - 85

Ok so that is all of the answers that were a competition so to speak. If you want to know the answers for any of the other days, just leave a comment below of which days you want the answers for, and I will be sure to get those posted.

​Have A Wonderful Day!!!!!!!

I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year!!!!!!! I hope you all have a very blessed and prosperous year. I don't know if you make New Year's resolutions, set goals, or whatever for the New Year, but if you do I hope you are able to meet those goals and resolutions. I was doing pretty good last year with my resolutions until about August and then I am not sure what happened, but I kind of lapsed in my resolutions. I tried to get back on track throughout the remainder of the year, but it was a no go. So I debated about whether or not to set any for this year or what I should do in the New Year. I decided to go ahead and set some goals and things for myself and I am going to do my very best to meet those goals and stick to my resolutions. I don't know how successful I will be this year, but I am going to try. So what about you? Have you set any goals or resolutions or do you have any advice on how to meet your goals and meet your resolutions? If so, I would love to hear what you have to say. Once again I want to wish you a Happy New Year and Have A Wonderful Day!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!! So once again I wanted to go ahead and post this in case I don't get around to doing on Christmas. Plus this will give y'all the chance to complete it and not have to take time away from your family on Christmas. So since it is Christmas, I thought we would focus on the Names of Jesus. Listed below are different Bible references. Read the Bible verses and then put the Name of Jesus that you find there.

1. Revelation 22:12-14
2. John 8:12
3. Hebrews 12:1-2
4. Matthew 1:23
5. John 3:15-17

Today's Bible Reading is John 1:19-34. For an extra entry answer the following question: Who baptized Jesus?

​Have A Wonderful Day!!!!!!

Merry Christmas Eve everybody!!!!!!!!! So today isn't exactly Christmas Eve, but I wanted to make sure I got this posted in case I didn't have time tomorrow. So did you know that winter is in the Bible? Yep!!!!!!! So today, we are going to look up Winter in the Bible.

1. Who created summer and winter? (Psalm 74:47)
2. Where do the snow and rain come from? (Isaiah 55:10)
3. Where does the Bible say the cold comes from? (Job 37:9)
4. Where does the Bible say frost comes from? (Job 37:10)
5. What does the Bible say shall be as white as snow? (Isaiah 1:18)

Today's Bible Reading is I John 4:9-11. For an extra entry answer the following question: Why should we love one another?

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Can you believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve? I know I sure can't. Where has the time gone? Today I want to focus on the Christmas Story and the true meaning of Christmas. Listed below are 10 words that we associate with the Christmas story. You will also find 10 different Scripture references. So today's challenge is to see if you can match the words with the Scripture references. Some verses can be fit multiple people, so make sure you get them matched the right way.
                                                                   
Mary                                                      Matthew 2:1-2
Joseph                                                  Matthew 2:11
Manger                                                  Matthew 2:9-10
Jesus                                                     Matthew 1:18-21
Shepherd                                               Luke 2:7
Angel                                                      Matthew 2:7-8
Star                                                         Luke 2:9-11
Wiseman 1                                              Luke 2:12
Wiseman 2                                              Luke 1:30-31
Wiseman 3                                              Luke 2:8

Today's Bible reading is Romans 15:13. For an extra entry answer the following question: What will God fill us with?

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There are only 3 days til Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!! I can hardly believe it. Today we are going to play a game of reversed Taboo. So for those of you who have never played Taboo, here is how it is played. You are giving a word such as HOLIDAY. You then have to describe that word to your teammates and see if they can guess the word. The catch is you are also given 5 words that you cannot say when describing your word. If you say one of those 5 words, then that word does not count. So in reversed Taboo, I am going to give you 5 words and you see if you can figure out what the word is. 

1. "HO, HO, HO", sleigh, beard, belly, red suit
2. reindeer, nose, sleigh, red, bright
3. Santa Claus, workshop, reindeer, arctic, cold
4. wife, Santa Claus, North Pole, cookies, married
5. Santa Claus, elves, children, Christmas, gifts
6. cold, frozen, flakes, winter, white
7. red, white, peppermint, Christmas tree, stocking
8. ornaments, lights, evergreen, star, decorate
9. season, cold, snow, Christmas, December
10. helpers, small, toys, workshop, North Pole

Today's Bible reading is John 1:1-5. For an extra entry answer the following question: Who is the Word?

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I hope you all are having fun getting ready for Christmas and not getting too stressed out. So let's have a little fun today shall we. Listed below are the names of characters from different Christmas movies. See if you can guess the name of the Christmas movie, based on the people in the movie.

1. George and Mary Bailey
2. Hermey the Elf
3. Hocus Pocus
4. Bob Wallace and Betty Hanes
5. Bob Cratchit
6. Snow Miser and Heat Miser
7. Cody Cullen and Faith Spelman
8. Topper
9. Cindy Lou Who
10. Michael J. O'Connor

Don't worry if you can't figure them all out, just answer the ones you know. 

Today's Bible Reading is Luke 2:15-20. For an extra entry answer the following question: What city did the shepherds go to so that they could see 'this thing which is come to pass'?

Have A Wonderful Day!!!!!!!!

Today we are going to play fill in the missing letter. This time it is all about Jesus' Birth. Fill in the letter that is missing to complete the words, and when you are down the letters you filled in will spell out a word or phrase.

Be?hlehem
Josep?
J?sus
Do?key
M?ry
Bir?h
?nnkeeper
Tra?el
An?mals
?axes
Eg?pt

Today's Bible Reading is Luke 2:13-14. For an extra entry answer the following question: What should be toward all men?

​Have A Wonderful Day!!!!!!!!!!!

How well do you know Christmas songs? Well, we are going to find out. Below you will find lines from some of the most popular Christmas songs. All you have to do is give me the title that goes with each line.

1. Round yon virgin mother and child
2. Bearing gifts we traverse afar
3. God and sinners reconciled
4. Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
5. Looked down where He lay
6. City sidewalk, busy sidewalk dressed in holiday style
7. And Heaven and nature sing
8. On a cold winter's night that was so deep
9. Tis the season to be jolly
10. Please have snow and mistletoe and presents under the tree
11. Joyful and triumphant
12. Somebody snitched on me
13. Said the night wind to the little lamb
14. There's a tree in the grand hotel
15. For yonder breaks a new and glorious mourn

Today's Bible Reading is Luke 2:9-12. For an extra entry answer the following question: Why were the shepherds sore afraid?

Have A Wonderful Day!!!!!!!