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Are there any Holiday traditions you will pass on to LO?

NeverEnoughTimeNeverEnoughTime
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Growing up, we always got to open one gift on Christmas Eve. It was always PJs.  I plan to continue this tradition with my LO,

 

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  • mrbear83mrbear83 member

    this was a huge thing for my mom's family, and ours. I fully plan on handing it down to LO. I already have PJs for him. 

    DH wants us to create a tradition where we handmake something for each other, too. I'm making a quilt this year - aim high! 

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  • Athena0809Athena0809 member
    Well I'm Hispanic and for us xmas eve is the big event. The big meal, lot's of people, music, dancing, we open the presents (all of them) at midnight, than on xmas day we do nothing, we are just recovering from the night before lol. But we plan of doing the whole getting up xmas morning to open presents from mom and dad thing, since it's a must for DH being U.S. American. So I like the idea that DS will have "two" xmas'! Does that count?
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  • AZ123AZ123 member

    For Christmas Eve, leaving cookies for Santa (although I guess that's a given), reading The Night Before Christmas on the couch and taking pictures. We also have a norweigen tradition that involves eating a porridge.

    On the pajama thing, does everyone get pajamas (parents too)? Also, do you wash them before you wrap them?

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  • candicemmanncandicemmann

    My house we always left cookies and a shot for santa (so santa doesnt get cold) we have continued this (3rd generation) with my step-daughter and will with my LO

    Also holidays we always pull out the fine china and everyone gets together for a big dinner full of story telling, jokes, and laughing.

    If I pass anything onto my children it is the importance of family and our heritage (irish) I think just have a good strong set of roots really helps someone always feel like they are not alone.

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  • JNBrickeyJNBrickey member
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    My house we always left cookies and a shot for santa (so santa doesnt get cold) we have continued this (3rd generation) with my step-daughter and will with my

     Can you imagine if every house did this?  Santa would have a serious buzz by the time he made it around the entire world!  Crying

    We'll be letting her open one present Christmas Eve, and her present from "Santa" will be unwrapped, in front of the tree when she comes down Christmas morning.

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  • NeverEnoughTimeNeverEnoughTime
    imageAZ123:

    For Christmas Eve, leaving cookies for Santa (although I guess that's a given), reading The Night Before Christmas on the couch and taking pictures. We also have a norweigen tradition that involves eating a porridge.

    On the pajama thing, does everyone get pajamas (parents too)? Also, do you wash them before you wrap them?

    Just the kids open present so just the kids get pjs.

    It actually didnt occur to meto wash them first, thanks! haha

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  • mrbear83mrbear83 member

    On the PJs - 

     

     we didn't wash them beforehand, but I will with LO. When we were kids, the wash ran while we were at the 7pm church service.

    But now I'm a heathen and don't go to church anymore, so we will wash during dinner :)

     

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  • melandjuddmelandjudd member
    We still get PJs every year that we open on Christmas Eve.  Mine and DH's are always the same so I wonder if this year my mom is going to try and match DD's up with ours.  We never washed them before we wore them though and I am thinking we may not wash this year either.  We also do cookies and milk for santa and we watch "A Christmas Story" before going to bed. That movie is on at least 1 tv almost the whole 24 hours that it is on. Embarrassed

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  • adelleladellel member

    Most of my family is Slovak. On December 5th, we put our shoes out for gifts from Mikul??, the name for the Slovak Santa. The next morning we would have a few trinkets from him.

    I am planning on doing this for my little boy - been in our family for several generations.

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  • sumpunkchairsumpunkchair
    imageJNBrickey:
    imagecandicemmann:

    My house we always left cookies and a shot for santa (so santa doesnt get cold) we have continued this (3rd generation) with my step-daughter and will with my

     Can you imagine if every house did this?  Santa would have a serious buzz by the time he made it around the entire world!  Crying

    We'll be letting her open one present Christmas Eve, and her present from "Santa" will be unwrapped, in front of the tree when she comes down Christmas morning.

    We did this too when I was a kid. I think my parents thought up the "Santa Gift" for us so we'd have something to play with for a while before we woke em up. We are going to do this as well.

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