A scripture a day til Christmas

We have several advent calendars in our home to count down until Christmas. The kids love to keep track of them and I don't have to do a thing. In addition to the ones we already have, every year we buy a cheap advent calendar for each child- you know the ones with the little chocolate figures hidden behind little doors. For obvious reasons those calendars quickly became the favorite. A few years ago we added a new aspect to the chocolate calendar that has worked beautifully in our home. We read a scripture about Jesus each day in December leading up to Christmas, and afterward the kids get to punch out the door and eat their chocolate. We have been doing this a few years now and I love the excitement over reading the scriptures and I hope that as the years go by it will help them remember what Christmas is really all about.

I meant to post this last week but it's not too late to get started if you'd like to try this with your own family. If you start tomorrow you could punch 3 doors in one day! Here is the scripture list that we put together (coming from the Old & New Testament, Book of Mormon, and Pearl of Great Price).

Scriptures about Jesus to read with your children each of the 24 days before Christmas:

1. Abraham 3:22-28 (Jesus is foreordained to be our Savior)
2. Isaiah 7:14 (A virgin shall conceive)
3. Isaiah 9:6-7 (For unto us a child is born)
4. Isaiah 11:1 (A rod out of the stem of Jesse)
5. Jeremiah 23:5 (A righteous branch)
6. Micah 5:2-5 (A ruler shall come from Bethlehem)
7. John 1:1-14 (Jesus or the Word was foreordained to be our Savior)
8. Mark 1:1-8 (John prepares the way for Jesus and prophesies of His coming)
9. 1 Nephi 10:26 (Nephi prophesies of Jesus’ coming)
10. 1 Nephi 11:8-23 (Nephi sees Mary bearing Jesus)
11. 2 Nephi 26:3 (Signs shall be given of Jesus’ birth)
12. Alma 7:9-12 (Alma prophesies that Jesus will be born of Mary)
13. Helaman 14:2-8 (Samuel the Lamanite prophesies of Jesus’ birth)
14. 3 Nephi 1:8-21 (Jesus visits Nephi & the sign of His birth is seen in the Americas)
15. Luke 1:26-38 (The angel visits Mary)
16. Luke 1:39-44 (John leapt in Elisabeth’s womb when Mary visits)
17. Matthew 1:18-25 (The angel visits Joseph)
18. Luke 2:1-7 (Trip to Bethlehem and the stable)
19. Luke 2:6-7 (Jesus is born)
20. Luke 2:8-14 (Angels visit the shepherds)
21. Luke 2:15-18 (The shepherds visit the manger)
22. Matthew 2:1-8 (The wise men travel to Jerusalem)
23. Matthew 2:13-15 (The wise men worship the Christ Child)
24. Matthew 2:13-15 (The trip to Egypt)

On Christmas Day:

25. John 3:16 (for God so loved the world…)