I've been thinking a lot about family traditions lately. Cassidy was only two weeks old last Christmas, so this year everything seems so much more exciting!
I read a lot of blogs of other moms. Some I know in real life, some I don't. They're sweet, they're funny, and often inspirational. One mother wrote this week about how her family is going to start an advent calendar on December 1st. She made a poster and adhered 25 boxes to it, one for each day of December leading up to Christmas. Each day they will open a box and try their very best as a family to accomplish the task within the box that day. Some tasks are simple, like "make hot chocolate with marshmallows" and others take more planning like "attend our town's tree lighting ceremony". I thought this was a really sweet idea and something Cassidy would look forward to each year. (As a side note, we would probably wait until the day after her birthday versus the 1st because I feel it is important that we separate the two events as much as possible.) Anyway, I started to create a list of activities we could do, but would love to know your own family traditions. What do you look back fondly upon as a child at Christmas? What's a tradition you've started with your own family? I'd love to hear them whether silly, sweet, or serious...
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watching "a christmas story", decorating the tree, making chocolate chip cookies, writing out christmas letter to santa...that's all i can think of for now, and yes, we really did make chocolate chip cookies in my house (knowing how much of a baker/cook i am now)
Yeah! of course you should seperate the events!! Cassidy's Birth Day is way more important! but I really like the idea! Decorating the tree, and pulling all nighters waitting for santa! that was my tradition...
Every year since I can remember, my dad goes up the attic and takes down the Nativity set, which his mother bought, piece by piece, from the 1930s-1950s. We carefully unpack the camels, manger, wise men, baby Jesus, goats, gifts, etc etc as my dad tells about how Grandma Anna would dress in her Sunday finest and board the trolley to go downtown and buy a new addition each year. This tradition, steeped in Italian Catholic schtuff, has no religious bent to it- it's truly about spending time together, reminiscing and having a moment for those that have passed.
-Dana
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