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September 2011 Moms
Blog - dabbleinchic.blogspot.com
Holiday Traditions
So I had a mini meltdown last night because it finally hit me that I'm trying to carry on the family traditions around Christmas on my own; parents split when I was in high school and DH seems to need a little more than a slight push if encouragement to get into it. His last family Christmas before me involved him knowing his mom was going to be leaving his dad...back in high school he never really had any family traditions, and for me Christmas was a whole season of traditions!
So I'm looking for a pick me up! What are your traditions?? Do you have any you're going to involve LO with this year? Inventing any new ones for your family? I think a few new ones that are fresh for us would help DH build better Christmas memories!
So I'm looking for a pick me up! What are your traditions?? Do you have any you're going to involve LO with this year? Inventing any new ones for your family? I think a few new ones that are fresh for us would help DH build better Christmas memories!
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Re: Holiday Traditions
Some we did as a family, some we'll start.
Christmas candlelight service - seems to vary. This year, it's Sunday night instead of Christmas Eve or Christmas Day (YAY! Makes my life easier lol)
Reading "The Night Before Christmas" in Christmas pajamas before bed on Christmas Eve (will probably include opening said pajamas each year).
Santa puts candy canes on the tree.
Morning presents - open in pajamas. Always open stockings first, then presents get opened in a circle (not everyone opening at once).
Last present to open is a "family gift" - a new movie, a board game, a membership somewhere, etc.
Each year, it was a tradition for Santa to do something crazy/silly - leave a present on the roof, carrot crumbs on the porch from the reindeer, hearing sleigh bells (that was each year, my dad was GOOD). One year Santa recorded a video for us - opening the door magically, taking the cookies and milk, putting presents under the tree, stuffing the stockings, and finally, each and every single person in our house sleeping in their beds.
Christmas Eve, before bed, my siblings and I got to open our presents to/from each other. Occassionally, we would get to open one from our parents too and that one was new pajamas.
Once we were all old enough to no longer believe in Santa we started opening our stockings together at night.
Cinnamon rolls for breakfast Christmas morning.
That's all I remember.
Kaiden hasn't really participated in many holiday traditions this year except a picture with Santa. We might make some ornaments, if I get around to it.
DD and I decorated our tree and we have an advent calendar that we open each night. We are doing elf on the shelf. We participated in adopt a family M&D she helped pick and wrap a present for someone else. she also wanted to pick a present for DS, so I think I will keep that a tradition. She participated in the church pageant this year.
When we were little, we always got really dressed up for Christmas -- beautiful dresses, new shoes, tights, hairbows, etc. I loved it! We had a couple of Christmas parties to wear our dresses too -- and church. I still dress up (no jeans...) but most people in my family wear jeans and sweatshirts.
Santa would always leave candy canes on our Christmas tree -- and he used the same wrapping paper every year -- so we always knew which gift was from Santa.
I'm hoping to start a Christmas breakfast tradition -- probably something super simple like cinnamon rolls because we won't have a lot of time to ourselves Christmas morning before we have to head out the door to family gatherings.
Oh -- and when decorating the tree -- my dad always got to put the star/angel/whatever topper we were using that year on the tree. This was always the last thing to go on the tree before we turned on the lights.
When DS is older... I want to start putting out carrots for reindeer and making tracks in the snow to really make it look like Santa was in our yard.
We're starting Christmas jammies this year - kids will open them before bed on Christmas Eve.
We always decorate the day after Thanksgiving. I rock out to Christmas music all day. Augie got a big kick out of it this year.
I plan to do something Advent related but haven't thought of it yet. I've got a couple years before A's old enough to get it.
I'm going to do special wrapping paper for each child. I won't put names on the gifts but I'll put a slip of their paper in the bottom of their stockings so after they open their stockings they'll know which pile of gift is theirs.