Different Christmas Tradition for Different Family

Dec. 1, 2010 - PRLog -- What about your family Christmas tradition? Let’s see the following various styles:

I usually decorate the tree with Christmas candle and rest of house the weekend after Thanksgiving. My ceramic village goes up and the big train goes around the tree (have a 4 year old grandson). My husband puts the Christmas tree candle lights on the outside of the house. A few weeks before we make and decorate ginger bread houses and I bake all the cookies a day or so before Christmas...Sprits, Whiskey balls, iced sugar cookies to name a few. Everyone comes over our house for turkey dinner and gifts. And the pies, I bake the day before also. And I probably gain 10 lbs.

Everyone comes here for Xmas Eve. We have lots of snack foods, drinks and laughter. Lighting on the Christmas candle lights, and then we all gather in the living room and open gifts. I guess the "traditional "part of that is making fun of what Mom picks out for the guys. I use to try very hard to buy clothes I just knew they would love only to have it be something they would take back. It got to the place I don't even bother taking price tag off anymore, and just buy something to wrap including the receipt! It gives us lots of laughs, no hurt feelings or anything.

"Mom just refuses to give a gift card or money!! Then on Xmas morning they all come back and we have a big breakfast together. One little thing that is done every year is a certain decoration I put out. We couldn't afford to go buy cute things, but we managed to get two of those. Those little elves hang around a candle every year. That is for Don and me. We are reminded every year how different things were for us, and make us appreciate all that we have now. Another is the "special gift" decoration. In 1960 Don did without his lunch so he could buy me a cashmere sweater for Xmas. That tag was on the box, and it gets used every year as the marker for the "special gift". Our kids have no idea what those two items mean to us, which are just for us.

Christmas Eve my husband and I have a nice dinner. This year I think we're having pheasant. Then we go to the Christmas candle light service (he's in the praise band) my son come from Indiana, to church and spend the night. Then in the morning who ever wants to come for breakfast can. We have monkey bread, fresh fruit and dip, and a breakfast casserole. My husband kids come for breakfast and opening presents. This year will be the first year I won't have my youngest home as they live in China. It will also be the first year without my mom. She passed away in May. There are many changes for me this year.

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