Ooooh isn’t it exciting! The 1st of December means that you get to open that first little door on your advent calendar! Or you have to sharpen your elbows to make sure that you get to the chocolate before that annoying little brother or sister does… only joking, all siblings are wonderful 
Yes, for 24 days you are allowed to eat chocolate at breakfast time without getting shouted at… unless you have one of those ones that a parent has to fill in which case you might get fruit or something 
But apart from chocolate, what is Advent all about? The Dictionary definition is:
It’s all about getting ready. It’s exciting! It’s just like getting ready to go out with your friends, only this isn’t a physical getting ready, it is a spiritual one. Yes there is shopping to do, party dresses to get, Christmas cards to write and maybe food to prepare, but have you ever set aside time to get yourself prepared to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Christmas is the start of the most important epic story of all time. Remember what we said about Celeb Hunting? (http://www.gbni.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/11/07/celeb-hunting/) How much time do you spend thinking about shopping at Christmas? Should you not spend some time thinking about the sacrifice that God made at Christmas for you?
Sarah