Our new parenting editor, Michelle, has Christmas advent activities down. I’ve been friends with Michelle for a long time and every year I’m in awe at how easy she makes family advent activities look with her four children. Today, as a kind of introduction to the genius of Michelle, I asked her to share her secrets to nailing advent (and some fun photos of her sweet family enjoying it as much as she loves planning it). Here’s Michelle…

(Image here from a really beautiful DIY for minimalist advent calendar)