random acts of christmas kindness

This year, I was looking for some kind of Advent activity to do with my son, but most of the ideas I found involved the child getting candy every day, and I wasn't too excited about that.

Then I found this blog, which featured a "Random Acts of Christmas Kindness" calendar. I love how this activity brings a spirit of giving into a season when we can sometimes become too focused on the material. So, even though I was a little intimidated by the idea of doing a kindness activity every day for 24 straight days, I'm going for it.

It's only been five days so far, but my son and I are having so much fun! We've given each other compliments (Day 1), taped money to a vending machine (Day 2), made Christmas cards for soldiers (Day 3), picked up trash in our neighborhood (Day 4), and made coffee for Daddy (Day 5).

Although the largest amount of trash we found in our neighborhood was in our own yard (yes, it appears we're those neighbors...), picking up trash has been my son's favorite so far. He keeps asking when we can do it again.

I'm not sure we'll be able to keep this up through the entire Advent season, but we've gotten off to a great start. I'll keep you posted.

Are you doing an Advent calendar this year?