I was giving this calling just before the Christmas activity last year (that I had no part of planning). There was a white elephant gift exchange and lots of candy and in the end there were some super hyped up girls running amuck and a few girls with hurt feelings because their gift got swiped per the rules of the white elephant gift game. In the end I felt like we had almost completely driven the spirit away. I did not want to ever go through that again so for this year we decided to keep it Christ centered, no gifts, no candy, and actually learn something.
First we watched the nativity video the church put out. Next we talked about all the symbolism in Christmas. Finally we made baby Jesus ornaments. The girls still had a lot of fun (a couple said it was their favorite activity of the year) yet we kept the spirit very strongly there. Win!!!
The instructions for the ornament can be found here:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/518758450799096270/
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