Christmas Time Is Upon Us!

With Black Friday here and gone already, the Christmas season is officially here. I suppose it is not even politically correct to say "Christmas Season" anymore but it will take a herd of pigs flying directly overhead to get me to drop the word Christmas from my vocabulary. In fact, I am going to make it a point to say it several times throughout this post!

Being a home school family is especially rewarding during Christmas time. We have time to do special projects geared toward the real reason for the season. Christ!

One of those Christmas projects has been to create a Jesse Tree. A Jesse Tree is a wonderful way to celebrate the birth of Christ by making special ornaments, each symbolic of a prophetic scripture. All of the scriptures are based on the Isaiah 11:1 that says:

A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

Of course that branch was Jesus.

The Christmas ornaments are placed on the Jesse Tree, one each day along with a reading of the scripture that the ornament is symbolizing. By creating a Jesse Tree, not only do you learn more of our savior but also have a craft project for your family to participate in together.

There are many, many websites with Jesse Tree instructions and ornament patterns. Type Jesse Tree into a google search to find the one that best suits your family.

May your Christmas season be blessed.

Julie