Like I said in the previous post, the DHP really goes all out for Christmas! Every family night in December was spent in effort to celebrate the coming of Jesus in a fun way! The week after we decorated the house, we spent the night making our own stockings so Santa could stuff them full of goodies :)
The residents really got into this. The garage was filled with supplies like glitter, glue, paint, shapes, fabric, ribbons, etc. and the residents could decorate their stocking however they wanted to. They got really creative!! (and a little too glittery! :))
One of my favorite things about this night was that the house was filled with old residents!! That is one thing I love about the Dale House and actually one reason I wanted to work there: the fact that old residents come back because it is home to them. One old resident caught the Frex bus all the way from Denver so she could come back and visit because she missed the atmosphere of the DHP. It was like a big reunion, everyone coming home for the holidays. I loved being a part of that night and seeing people just enjoy being together.
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