If you're decorating with kids around, you could always opt (as I did) to let them do most of the decorating for you. My kids are crazy for scavenger hunts (which, in our case, are really just checklists of things to do). So I gave them a list of things which included hanging stockings, setting up the wooden tree, drawing Christmas pictures, making Santa beards, setting up nativity scenes, putting my Christmas cards into envelops for me, and singing songs for me while I made supper. It really milked the decorating for all it was worth . . . I think it took the kids about an hour and a half to finish it. And it made me do all of the decorating at one shot instead of dragging it out like I know I would have.
We then started celebrating advent, which we do each night of December by lighting candles, reading part of the Christmas story, singing a Christmas carol, putting one of the advent items on the calendar (we actually have two calendars, so the boys take turns each night), eating a chocolate (I know, wonders never cease), and then blowing out the candles.
Come on Christmas, we're ready!
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