Christmas and Math?

We all know that Christmas is a very exciting time of the year.  It is a time to learn the importance of thinking about others before ourselves.  Christmas is also a great time of the year to learn more about math.  During today's centers the children did just that.  At one center the children used unifix cubes to measure the height of three different presents.  At another center the children were given a bag of holiday marshmallows.  They sorted their marshmallows and counted to see how many of each kind they had.  They then compared them using most and least.  The best part of the activity was at the end when the children could eat their marshmallows.