Frosted Christmas Tree Craft

Just wanted to share a picture of this holiday craft you can eat! I created this frosted Christmas tree using a large waffle cone from Baskin Robbins.  You can use real gingerbread cookies to decorate. I usually buy a package of pre-made cookies from the store, but my local grocer doesn't have them yet, so I substituted with "claydough" from Hobby Lobby.

Note: Ebram and his siblings created their own Christmas trees in THE HAUNTING. Free instructions on how to make your own with the online purchase of the book during the month of December from my website: www.estherlocascio.com/store.html!  

Advent

We celebrated the beginning of the new church year by lighting the first of three purple candles on our Advent wreath. The purple candles remind us of the humility and penitence of the seasons of Advent and Lent. The wreath includes a rose candle, which signifies Christmas joy and will be lit on the third week of Advent.  There's also a white candle representing Jesus, the unblemished lamb of God, that will be lit every week.  

The Advent wreath is a family tradition we started to help prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of Our Savior, both his birth at the first coming and his judgment at the second coming.  It's a time filled with joy and love as we anticipate Christ's birth, and prayer and hope as we prepare for his return.