http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/01/what-happened-to-novembera/ Green and Natural Parenting for Eco-Friendly Families Thu, 24 May 2012 17:04:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/01/what-happened-to-novembera/#comment-6090 Greening Christmas One Tradition at a Time: Advent Calendars Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:25:14 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1939#comment-6090 [...] My own kids only know the store bought advent calendars. They expect chocolate. Strangely enough it was that same crafty grandmother who always sent my kids the throwaway versions. This year, short of a miracle, she will not be sending anything through the mail. It wasn’t until I asked my daughter to guess today’s date that I realized we wouldn’t be getting advent calendars unless we went out and bought them ourselves.  To me this was the sign of a tradition meant to be broken. [...] [...] My own kids only know the store bought advent calendars. They expect chocolate. Strangely enough it was that same crafty grandmother who always sent my kids the throwaway versions. This year, short of a miracle, she will not be sending anything through the mail. It wasn’t until I asked my daughter to guess today’s date that I realized we wouldn’t be getting advent calendars unless we went out and bought them ourselves.  To me this was the sign of a tradition meant to be broken. [...]

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