Tuesday, December 23, 2014

War Time Christmas * Presents!

The Christmas season includes presents, even in War Time.  So we had to create War Time Christmas rules for our little family holiday project.

We are each allowed give a family member a maximum of three gifts and they must adhere to the following gift categories:

I like our recycled paper so much that this part may be a permanent tradition!
Category 1:  a handmade item created by the gift-giver
Category 2:  a second-hand item acquired at a charity shop, thrift store, yard sale, or estate sale
Category 3:  something purchased on the black market*

*we have access to time travel and so it can be a black market item from the future!

It's been a lot of fun planning for these categories.  Kemper and I scored some particularly great items with authentic WWII history at an estate sale back in October!
 
In our family tradition we open gifts on Christmas Eve so tomorrow night all of the fun will be revealed. I'll share some of the goodies here after, so stay tuned.

This is for my nephew, who is not arriving here until the war is over. Consequently his gifts don't have to follow the rules.


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