The gingerbread man lives on

HOORAY!!!! My neighbor gifts are done (well...not all delivered yet). I was a little worried about when we'd get them done because our calendar is packed....but....Sunday morning we woke up to snow and then we got a call saying that church was canceled (crazy up here when it snows just an inch...everything goes into lockdown). Oh, well...I like it TONS when we HAVE to stay inside.

So, we got to stay home all day in our nice warm house and spend time TOGETHER!! We decided, "Hey!! It's a perfect time to work on our gifts....whada ya know?!?" It was super fun and they turned out great. I got the poem called "Gingerbread Man Wisdom" from my life-line sugardoodle.net and then I did my own little arranging. We made gingerbread dough to go along with the poem and wrapped it up with red hots and a gingerbread man cookie cutter. We love doing these fun home-made gifts. I wonder how many people are offended because they are so simple....oh well...bah-humbug to them :) I'll write out the poem at the end of this post.....feel free to use the idea if you want.

The assembly line......Amanda and Derrick make the dough, Bob takes out dough and divides it, Julie gets the plastic wrap ready, Nathan is sorting red hots....soon to take over the plastic wrap department.

The gingerbread dough with the red hots

The Poem Tag

The finished product

The finished product assembly....ready for delivery (hint: the dough and redhots are inside the bag)

Here's the poem

Running and hurrying as fast as we can.—

Sometimes we live like the Gingerbread Man!
During the holidays there’s so much to be done.

It’s all we can do to keep up
So we RUN, RUN, and RUN!

Parties, programs, decorations and baking.
Shopping for presents and Christmas plans making.
We have so little time to stop and think
Our lists seem unending—yet it’s over in a wink.

So we send you this gift to remind you the reason.
There is so much giving and loving this season.
We hope you will make your own Gingerbread Man.
And pause to reflect on your own Christmas plans

We hope you’ll remember the Gingerbread Man’s story.
How running and running brought him no glory.
Then maybe you’ll have the courage to cross off your list.
The little things that won’t really be missed.

As you take time to reflect on this beautiful season,
We know your life will be touched by the heart of it’s reason.
For of all things that make Christmas,

it’s important to remember just one -
The reason we have Christmas

is because God sent His Son.