Day 25 of Hannah's 2018 Advent Calendar

Advent Calendars
	In the summer of 2012 I sat on my sofa one evening doodling around on my laptop. I started sketching the bookcases across the room, then started daydreaming about how the room looks at Christmas. One thing led to another, and I ended up creating an "online advent calendar." I sent it out instead of Christmas cards, and I've made an online advent calendar every year since. Each of these calendars is just a click away.
	2012 Build up Christmas in the room in front of me. Click on a new Christmassy detail each day to see it grow.	2013 I illustrated Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories for an exhibit at the Oak Park Public Library, and for this calendar.	2014 This is the most personal calendar. Each day shares one of the things Christmas means to me.
	2015 Each day is an illustrated link in a paper chain you can print and put together to decorate your home.	2016 My first animation, with music by Mason Jennings (but sadly the music doesn't play on phones or tablets).	2017 Circus Circus Circus! I got lost researching and illustrating and writing all things circus. For months.
	2018 This is my brief memoir told in Christmas cards. I've been designing them ever since 1972.	2019 A literary guessing game. I made videos as I developed illustrations from various books. Michael Jennings did the music.	2020 Illustrations of some of my ornaments serve as portals to memories, reflections, and favorite things.
	2021 This year I played with numbers. My brother inspired me to do this with a comment he made: see December 25.	2022 After that counting "book," an ABCs armchair travel adventure calendar. Cross the pond with the sisters!	2023 I love it when my advent calendar sparks memories, so this is a Happy Memory Challenge to encourage it.
		2024 There are a "thousand thousand reasons to live this life." See some of mine, and consider some of yours.
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