Kate Wicker

Storyteller & Speaker

Fourteenth Day of Advent

This Advent, don’t just have your kids send letters off to the North Pole. Ask each member of your family to also write a Christkind letter. This is an Austrian tradition where adults and children alike pen a letter to the Christ child that not only includes a wish list but also spiritual resolutions onRead the whole post >>

Twelth Day of Advent

Purge your closet of clothes you no longer wear. But try to clear your wardrobe of more than just those stonewashed jeans you haven’t slipped into since Duran Duran dominated the airways, and pick some clothes that are fashionable and in good condition to donate to a charity. (True, 80s fashions seem to be makingRead the whole post >>

Eleventh Day of Advent

Like most families, we receive dozens of Christmas cards every year, many of which include beautiful images of the Nativity, glittery winter nights or rosy-cheeked Santas checking their lists. It always seemed like such a waste to throw this heap of sentiments and artwork away. So one year I decided to make placemats using aRead the whole post >>

Tenth Day of Advent

As the Advent candles remind us, Jesus is the Light of the World. How can we not be hopeful knowing that Jesus is present in our lives right here, right now even as we wait for his coming? During dinner tonight, ask each family member to share their hopes and dreams for the future.

“She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.”

―Flannery O'Connor