We did it, we had our first Christmas in the camper! Last year was sweet in it’s own way as we were with family and at their houses during the holidays. But this year we are living in the camper… in the winter…. in the midwest and were able to celebrate Jesus’ birthday camper style.
We decorated a bit (thanks to Target $5 section!). We found a little tree there that fit in the camper just right. We got some of our own decor out that we had in storage and it was just right to make it feel a little Christmas-y. A wreath outside, a tree, the manger, Mary, an angel and a Shepard.
Our little manger is from “The Giving Manger” a book with the idea about giving/serving/being kind. When you do something you add a piece of straw to the manager, with the goal to prepare the manager/our hearts for the season. Its been a sweet thing to do with our kiddos. It helps us all see and recognize acts of kindness and gets them excited to do them. (It’s been such a good thing for us that it’s stayed out when the rest of the Christmas stuff has gone back storage.)
We did winter baking! We made cookies in the camper (chocolate crinkle cookies might be my new favorite!). We made pretzel sticks in the camper. We delivered goodie bags to guests for special Christmas treats. We can do all the same things we’d do in a house…but it’s just on a smaller scale.
With the limited space in the camper the boys were both given bags and asked to fill it with things they didn’t want anymore so if they got any presents we would have space for them. They were 100% on board and easily filled two bags and with my help filled another! It was a good time too to chat about giving and getting and our attitudes about it all.
We hope that you had a great Christmas and were able to reflect on how much God loves you and how precious His gift to us really is!