This is a new tradition we are starting this year. My friend Laura gave us this christmas calendar. You start it on December 1st and you take a new piece of the nativity scene each day and slowly tell the story of Jesus' birth. There is a verse and short piece of the story to tell your toddler or young child each day. By Christmas a nativity scene is built! you can get these calendars at www.desiringgod.org It is a great way to celebrate and teach what Christmas is about to our children.