Our Christmas Countdown Begins

We are so excited about our countdown this year. We started bright and early December 1st. Every morning the boys wake up and go straight to the chain to pull off another link. We are doing two different types this year...one is our chain countdown where each day we pull a link off and on the back of each one is a Christmas activity to do. Some days it will be an activity or some sort of Christmas surprise. The other is a "fill in the Santa beard" countdown. We will glue a piece of cotton to Santa's beard everyday until all 24 spots are filled in and Santa has a full white beard. I found that one on pinterest. So cute. Of course we are also doing all sorts of activities to remind us about the true reason for the season. Some of these activities are on our chain countdown also. Anyway....Advent Day #1: Open a Christmas Surprise...Christmas DVDs.