I also wanted something more-instead of a sundry collection of stories I wanted to teach my son the purpose of Christmas and the life and mission of Jesus Christ. But I wanted something similar for my son. My mother passed away years ago and I lost track of her advent tree. I don't remember any of the stories, but I loved watching the tree fill up with pictures as I anticipated Christmas day. After we read the story - and ate the candy - we turned the ornament over to display a related picture on the tree. The tree was covered with numbered, white, felt ornament-pockets containing a Christmas story and a mini-candy cane. It was a green felt tree hot-glued onto a burlap background. One of my fondest memories of childhood Christmases was my mother's home-made advent.
