I love Christmas time. Typically (other than the chaotic Black Friday videos of people pushing and shoving and pepper spraying other people) the world seems to be a brighter place. People are willing to help out those who are less fortunate... whether it be with gifts, food, shoveling their driveway, or just being a little more polite at the store.
I'm one of those that enjoys Christmas music... only from the day after Thanksgiving until Christmas Day.
I'd much rather give presents than receive... even though the gifts I give might not be monetarily expensive.
I love the Christmas movies... especially when I get to stay up late and watch them with the kids.
Every year I always say I'm going to do more lights, or make the Christmas tree a little more... organized. Every year I want to put ever all the decorations, but when the time comes, I find that I just don't have the space for it all. (And the fact that I would have to convince my kids that there are certain decorations that are not toys.)
Ever since Hannah was born, we decided to start a tradition of opening a pair of pajamas on Christmas Eve. Then they would wear those to bed and have nice, new jammies to open presents to in the morning.
We've done it every year for the last 4 years.
That's really the only "tradition" we have. Except this year, we're trying a new thing. Something we've always wanted to try, but then December sneaks up too fast and we're ill-prepared.
We found all the Christmas and winter-themed books and movies (and we bought a few more through Scholastic Books) and we wrapped them individually. The kids will open one book during the week to read before bed time and a movie on Friday and Saturday night to watch together as a family.
I'm super excited about this new tradition! I think the kids will love it and it's a great way to spend a simple, yet snuggly 10 minutes together... every night.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Christmas Tradition
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What a neat tradition! I'm really struggling with trying to create a few for our family. My sister gives a speical ornament to her kids every year- one that says something significant about the year. That would be fun, except that you have to remember to buy an ornament before December and still remember to give them to your kids. Plus, it's a bit late for me to start that tradition and besides, I feel like I should come up with our own thing, right? Either way, the only thing we always do is put our tree up on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
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