{"id":604,"date":"2008-12-05T22:54:13","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T22:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=604"},"modified":"2008-12-05T22:54:13","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T22:54:13","slug":"countdown-to-ch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/countdown-to-ch\/","title":{"rendered":"countdown to christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The month of December is always an exciting time for the kiddies as the countdown to Christmas begins!&nbsp; One fun way mark the days is with this really cute reusable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/products.php?product=reusable-christmas-tree-advent-calendar\">advent calendar<\/a> for $12.50.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/05\/advent.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Advent\" alt=\"Advent\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/05\/advent.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Or if you&#8217;re feeling more crafty this goody bag garland I found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidscraftweekly.com\/advent_ideas_issue.html\">Kids Craft Weekly<\/a> is a festive way to lead up to the big day!<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/05\/advent_calendar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Advent_calendar\" alt=\"Advent_calendar\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/05\/advent_calendar.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You can jazz up some lunch bags with a simple potato stamp and red paint, then fill them with little tiny treats that the kids can open every day leading up to the 25th.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/05\/advent_calendar_title.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Advent_calendar_title\" alt=\"Advent_calendar_title\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/05\/advent_calendar_title.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/05\/advent_calendar_goodies.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Advent_calendar_goodies\" alt=\"Advent_calendar_goodies\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2008\/12\/05\/advent_calendar_goodies.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Sound like fun?&nbsp; Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/categories.php?category=girls-%2526-boys&amp;sort=priceasc\">HERE<\/a> to see some sweet goodies that&#8217;ll bring wide smiles.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"COLOR: #ff3366\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cc33;\">We love discovering simple ideas &amp; starting new traditions&#8230; what &#8211; you too?&nbsp; Then don&#8217;t delay and <\/span><\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/catching_fireflies\/2007\/05\/get_catching_fi.html\"><span style=\"COLOR: #ff3366\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cc33;\">sign up<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"COLOR: #ff3366\"><strong><span style=\"color: #33cc33;\"> to receive these hip blog posts in your email inbox today!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/countdown-to-ch\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/countdown-to-ch\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month of December is always an exciting time for the kiddies as the countdown to Christmas begins!&nbsp; One fun way mark the days is with this really cute reusable advent calendar for $12.50. 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