•December 16, 2020•
by Jim Baumann
Do you have an Advent calendar at home with a door or window revealing a Bible verse or a puzzle or a tiny picture each day until Christmas?
We had them when I was a kid, though I don’t remember if there was a theme. I recall being envious of a friend whose Advent calendar wasn’t a sheet of cardboard but rather a heavy box that sat on a table. Behind every door was a nook, and in every nook was a chocolate or a caramel or something, well, caloric and desirable.
He was an only child, to boot, and he would take advances on Christmas Day, always depleting his supply long before the celebration of Jesus’ birthday.
Santa didn’t seem to care that he was naughty, either, because he was rewarded with a mini bike.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.