Christmas Eve | Wrapping + Singing
I love Christmas Eve. There is something so magical about the sense of anticipation. For our family, it is not just the anticipation of gifts, though our 9 year old can hardly contain his excitement over opening a book we will be reading together. {I love that he’s so excited about a book!! Feels like a mom “win” for me.}
For us, today and tomorrow are more than anything about the culmination of Advent. We realize that we have not been waiting alone. God is with us. He’s still with us and waits with us in our hopes and longings, and that’s worth celebrating.
Whatever your Christmas traditions, you will probably have some gifts to wrap and that always requires a good playlist, so I thought I’d offer some inspiration on both fronts today!
I’ve confessed to you before that I am a bit of a Maria. Brown paper packages tied up with string truly are one of my favourite things. This Christmas, I decided to work with two variations on that theme. For the guys in my life, I substituted the brown paper with road maps, and I rather love the result.
Sweet and simple. For some, I added some fresh elements, and for others a customized tag {these take too long to put on every gift or I would have!}.
It’s an eclectic mix, but I love how it all looks under the tree, and I can’t wait to see the joy in the faces of my loved ones as they open their gifts this year.