Christmas Countdown Calendar

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One of the most enthusiastic festivals appearing in the calendar of festivals is the Christmas festival. The festival of Christmas arrives in the last month of the year that is the month of December.

Christmas is a festival that is celebrated as the day of birth of 'Jesus Christ'. It is a festival that is celebrated among people of all the religion around the world. Decorations and enthusiasm can be seen all around in the festival of Christmas. The festival of Christmas is all about prayers, happiness, decorations, delicious food treats, gifting your dear ones, visiting your friends and much more.

The festival of Christmas brings together people of all ages, religion, all classes of the society and spreads a feeling of joy and enthusiasm among all. Kids get to learn and understand many new facts of the Christmas festival. They get to listen stories of 'Jesus Christ' from their grand-parents and parents. The main attraction about Christmas for the kids is the 'Santa Claus'. The Santa Claus is supposed to be an angel who comes to spreads joy all around at the time of Christmas. He gifts all children as well as the elder people various gifts. He is one of the main attractions in the market places at the time of Christmas.

When Christmas is about to come, people start the Christmas preparations days and months prior to it. They begin the countdown with great enthusiasm and excitement. Various plans are carried to mark the Christmas countdown.

One of the parts of the Christmas countdown is the Christmas countdown calendar.

Christmas countdown calendar: When it comes to begin the countdown for Christmas, the Christmas countdown calendar is one of the most commonly prepared items in every house. It is a very interesting activity for the kids in the house.

Preparing a Christmas countdown calendar at home can be a fun craft activity for the whole family. It includes the involvement and participation of all the family members. Below mentioned is a simple example of how one can prepare a Christmas countdown calendar at home.

Required material:

• A template of your Christmas countdown calendar
• Colored marker or a crayon
• A pair of scissors
• Gum or glue stick
• Ribbons
• Colored paper from a scrapbook or card stock
• A hole punch
• Cardboard pieces cut

Procedure:

1. The primary step is to take a print out of the template of your own choice for the Christmas countdown calendar

2. Now cut out the topper of the calendar and using glue, stick it to the pieces of the cardboard that you have taken

3. Write the numbers on the pieces, which can denote the dates of the month. To make these dates attractive or bright, color them with crayons.

4. Now cut out your desired shapes. Usually star-shaped pieces are cut as they look attractive.

5. It is necessary to punch holes in the bottom as well as the top position of the calendar. Topper it from the middle.

6. Take the ribbons and insert them into every hole for creating a loop after tying a knot in it.

7. Attach all the links using the glue. Apply glue to all the ends of the paper that can put them together. Start this procedure by first applying glue to the ribbon placed at the bottom most loop.

8. Keep on adding the links till you get all the 24 parts properly attached.

9. Glue the starts which you have numbered. Paste them onto the links in such a way that you get 1 at the top position and the rest 24 at the links ending position.

10. Finally, hang this Christmas countdown calendar on your wall, Christmas tree, showcase etc. All you need to do is to take off one single link at the start of everyday till you arrive at the day of Christmas.

Thus, the Christmas countdown calendar is a good option of preparing something before the arrival of the Christmas festival. It also includes the participation of all the family members and this makes it a fun craft activity at home.