My family is big on tradition. As a child growing up, Christmas morning was one of the few times during the year where we kids got donuts. There would cream sticks, and regular donuts--glazed, powdered, chocolate. It was also the time when we could not go downstairs until mom and dad had turned on the lights, turned on the Christmas music, and turned on the coffee. While they did these things, we sat anxiously waiting to descend the stairs to see what Santa had delivered. My sister-n-law and I spoke of these types of traditions over the Thanksgiving breaks. We recalled them with great fondness knowing that we too liked creating traditions for our children. So many of our memories are rooted in tradition. We look back and lasso those rituals from our past and then we attach our emotion and future choices to them. My own children know our traditions. We too make our kids sit on the stairs until the all clear is given. We await the arrival of our in-laws before opening presents. I make a breakfast casserole and cinnamon rolls and then we spend most of the day, in our PJs. These traditions are more than just rituals. They are how we make sense of the world. They provide us with comfort and a sense of family.
Look at your Holiday traditions. What traditions do you have? Describe these traditions--who is involved, when do you do it, what happens, and why does it matter.
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My family's tradition starts on Christmas Eve when we go to mass. We have to get there early to get a seat. Later in the day, we go over to my aunt's house to gather with my dad's side of the family. My aunt makes stuffed cabbage (which I hate) for my family and lasagna for because my uncle, being Italian, feels left out. I always rush to eat my dinner because I can see the presents under the tree from the dining room table. After everyone has finished, we go to our respected spots in my aunt's living room (mine is on the couch next to the piano). This is how I receive all my presents from my dad's side. We leave right after presents and go to bed as soon as we get home. The next morning, at like 5am, My sister and I wake my parents. We brush our teeth and then proceed down the stairs shoulder to shoulder so we get to see the presents at the same time. We start with the stockings and move up to the bigger presents. Then, as my sister and I play with out new toys, my parents start making the turkey and side dishes. My mom's side of the family comes over and we eat right away. We then move into our living room to open the last of our presents from my mom's side. I look forward to these events every year. This is truly my favorite time of year and full of some of my fondest memories.
Some family traditions my family has is cutting down a Christmas tree. Every year we go to a tree farm and pick out a unique tree. We love doing this because no tree is the same. We do this really early, so then we can get back, turn on Christmas music and decorate the tree all together, while drinking hot cocoa. Another tradition is German. It's called "finding the pickle". Even though I am not German, my step mom is. Every Christmas Eve, when all the guests leave our house, my siblings and I find the pickle our parents hide in the tree. The winner gets the prize. I love doing this because my family is very competitive. Our tree is very tall, so usually my sister and I team and split the prize. The team work usually means putting me on her shoulders, while my little brothers are searching and shoving down below. These are my favorite holiday traditions I share with my family.
my families tradition starts on Christmas Eve morning, we start out at my grandmas house. We start our peperoni rolls with my grandpa and get all of our last minute Christmas wrapping done. Then we start getting ready to go to my autns house for Christmas Eve dinner with the whole entire extended family. All of our aunts, uncles, and cousins are there. We eat dinner and do a white elephant gift exchange. After that is over all of my immediate family goes back to my grandmas house and we open our gifts from her. After that we say our goodbyes and my brothers and I go back to my moms house for the night. Then the next morning we open presents at my moms house and spend time with her and my moms parents. After my grandparents leave, my brothers and I go to my dads house and open presents there. We spend a little time there then we all go back to my dads parents house to meet all of our extended family again. Christmas involves a lot of running around with my family but I would not trade it for the world. I love doing all the things we do because every time something fun and memorable happens.
My families tradition is on Christmas Eve we go over my dad's mom's house, have dinner and open presents while we visit with our family from out of town. Then on Christmas morning my dad makes a fire, I usually end up waking up my sister and we go downstairs and open presents while we watch the Christmas story marathon that's on all day. After we do that, we go over my mom's mom's house and spend time with that side of the family. These traditions matter to me because I get to spend time with my family that I don't normally get to see on a daily or a weekly basis. My family luckily gets along very well and it's nice to see them and catch up on times that we've missed with each other. Seeing my family is what I truly look forward to when the holidays come around.
My favorite holiday traditions come at Thanksgiving as opposed to Christmas. My mom's side of the family likes to have fun when we all get together. Instead of the traditional big Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes, we have themed Thanksgiving parties. My mom and my grandma start thinking about this holiday months in advance because a lot of planning goes into that day. In past years we've had themes like western, bible characters, and . This year, our Thanksgiving was based of the TV show Duck Dynasty, so we all wore camo and had ham sammiches for lunch. (Anyone who has seen the show might understand the sammich reference!) After we eat we play some games that are based on the theme that year, and whoever wins these games gets a little prize that my grandma puts together. This year we "hunted" ducks in her living room, and we had to throw camouflage eggs into a bucket. One of the last things we do is have a white elephant gift exchange. This is my favorite tradition in my family. Every member of the family brings a funny/weird gift and we do a gift exchange. There is an old family picture from when my mom and uncle were teenagers that has been passed around for years, and for the past couple we have tried to hide it in my grandma's house so we wouldn't have to keep it, but we haven't been successful. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because I love getting to have fun and be silly with my family who I don't get to see all the time, and the memories we make are ones that are going to last for a lifetime.
My family's tradition begins on the morning of Christmas Eve. My mom and sisters spend all morning getting ready for Christmas Mass at Saint Ambrose, whereas my dad and I get ready and make sure all the food that we are to bring is cooked for the night's diner and the diner for the next day. after mass, we go to whoever's house is hosting Christmas Eve diner where we eat Polish food. after diner, we stay over for a little longer. When we get home, my sisters go to bed and my parents and I stay up putting the presents under the tree. In the morning, my sisters like to get up at six and wake everyone up to open gifts. My mom likes to record everyone opening up their gifts while my dad cooks a big breakfast. We then eat breakfast and get to try out our gifts until noon where we go to my grandparents house from my dad's side. There, we open up more gifts and eat pork for diner. Throughout the years, I used to love receiving gifts, but as I grew older, being with family is definitely the best part.
We all, my family and myself, gather around in my family room on Christmas Eve, and we exchange any gifts we've gotten each other, we ALWAYS have pizza and wings as our Eve dinner. Then we dig into dessert after presents, we partake in shenanigans and we laugh a lot. It is just a wonderful time for my family to get together and have fun.
In my family, an old tradition on Christmas eve was always to go to my great grandma's house. There was a railing left of the stairs that the family would take a picture behind, every Christmas. I have seen old pictures of my mom when she was little, and my oldest cousin who was being held by my aunt. I didn't realize how important this tradition was until the year after my great grandmother passed. She had always brought so much happiness to everyone. Just when you thought all the presents were given away, more were passed out. Since then, there hasn't been much of the same tradition. The only thing that really stays the same for me is that I am with my mom on Christmas Eve to Christmas morning and with my dad the rest of Christmas. It's sad that traditions like this have died out, but it is a lesson for me to make sure I always have as much enthusiasm and as much of a good heart as my great grandmother did. I like to get my five-year old sister as excited as I used to get when I was little, because she won't get to have the experiences I did with my great grandmother.
During Christmas time, my family has a bunch of traditions. They start off on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Every year on that Sunday my family goes out to Fred's tree farm and picks out our Christmas tree. My sister always comes in from college that weekend so she can participate in all the fun. We then bring out tree home and put it up in the living room and over decorate it with lights, ornaments, and lots and lots of tinsel. Then on Christmas Eve we always go to church then directly after go to my mom's, aunt's house. We see all the extended family that we only see about three times a year and "Santa" makes a surprise appearance. No matter how old you are, you always have to sit on his lap as he gives you a present. We leave there then my dad, mom, sister and I always go and look at Christmas lights on the way home from spending time with the rest of the family. We go home and my sister and I ever sense we were little sleep in the living room on the couch so we can wake up right by the tree and all the excitement. We are allowed to open out stockings as soon as we wake up but must wait to open everything else. We then spend the rest of the day at my aunt's house and just enjoy the company from everyone. These traditions are nothing exciting to most but to me they are everything about Christmas and will continue them for as long as I possibly can.
During Christmas time, my family has a bunch of traditions. They start off on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Every year on that Sunday my family goes out to Fred's tree farm and picks out our Christmas tree. My sister always comes in from college that weekend so she can participate in all the fun. We then bring out tree home and put it up in the living room and over decorate it with lights, ornaments, and lots and lots of tinsel. Then on Christmas Eve we always go to church then directly after go to my mom's, aunt's house. We see all the extended family that we only see about three times a year and "Santa" makes a surprise appearance. No matter how old you are, you always have to sit on his lap as he gives you a present. We leave there then my dad, mom, sister and I always go and look at Christmas lights on the way home from spending time with the rest of the family. We go home and my sister and I ever sense we were little sleep in the living room on the couch so we can wake up right by the tree and all the excitement. We are allowed to open out stockings as soon as we wake up but must wait to open everything else. We then spend the rest of the day at my aunt's house and just enjoy the company from everyone. These traditions are nothing exciting to most but to me they are everything about Christmas and will continue them for as long as I possibly can.
One Christmas tradition that has remain constant through out the years. It is instead of using an artificial tree we go and pick out a real tree. Most of the time me and my brother would have to go, sometimes it was our mom and other times our dad to get a tree. the year i remember well was when our uncle joined us to help us find a tree. ME and my brother have learned if our mom went it took forever and if our dad was much faster in deciding.
This tradition is up hold by my mom because she really loves the real trees and how authentic they are. All her life she has had real trees and doesn't intend to stop now. The rest of us however aren't as big of fans as we used to be. We aren't fans cause every year we need to get a new tree, they are a pain to keep clean since they shed, and money is being overused each year to repeat it. I am able to deal with it for now but when it is time i start getting trees i would rather use artificial. It's a tradition i don't think I personally should keep.
My family's Christmas tradition starts on Christmas Eve. My dad usually puts steaks on the grill and we have a nice family dinner with steak and many side food items. After dinner, we then put up our stockings on the fire place. My parents are usually awake by the time me and my three brothers wake up on Christmas morning. We all go downstairs to see what is under the Christmas tree. We open up our presents then have a breakfast that includes eggs, bacon, and toast. Christmas morning is a special time because it is a time spent with family and we keep our Christmas tradition going every year, even though we are all grown up.
Right after my grandparents met, my grandpa was deployed to go fight in World War II. My grandma promised to wait for him and for good luck she gave him a silver dollar. My grandpa carried this silver dollar with him in his pocket the whole time he was overseas. He believed it was what kept him safe. After he came back, my grandparents got married and had kids. They started a tradition with them where every year on New Year's Eve they would all wash their hands with this silver dollar and it would give them good luck for the rest of the year. After the grandchildren were born this tradition continued. This tradition is important to my family because of the history behind it. It brings us together and connects us with the past.
My family's Christmas traditions start on Christmas Eve. Early in the day, we go to my great-grandma's house and visit with my mom's side of the family, which is nice because we do not see them that often. After that, we go to my aunt's house on my dad's side. My cousins and I always throw "reindeer food" (oatmeal and sparkles) into the lawn with our younger family members right before we leave. We get home around 11 and then we go straight to bed. The next morning, I open presents with just my parents. The next day, we go to my grandma's house on my dad's side. We all are handed one present at a time and we have to wait until everyone has a present before we open them. I always see my younger cousins' anticipation building as they wait impatiently. This year, unfortunately, these traditions will not be the same. My dad's work schedule is forcing us to either wake up at 4:30am to open presents or wait until 7pm on Christmas. The same work schedule is forcing my grandma's gathering to be moved back to the 28th instead of the 26th. I'm upset that the traditions won't be the same this year, but in past years, I have always looked forward to my three days of Christmas with my family. I will forever love the family aspect of the holiday season.
On Christmas day my family has a tradition of giving each other gag gifts. We do this because a few years ago my dad and I could not figure out gift to give each other so we bought the strangest things we could find. The years following that the whole family started to give out gag gifts. Each year the gifts get bigger and crazier but everyone follow the one rule to not go over twenty dollars. This makes Christmas more about having fun and enjoying being with family then about the gifts we receive.
My family has tons of traditions to look forward to during every holiday season. My favorite is Christmas morning. Our family has kind of lost the sense of our tradition now that my parents are divorced and me and my sister are growing older, but we still try our best to stick to the foundations of it. The tradition begins with my sister and I sleeping in the same bed on Christmas Eve because we can never contain our excitement enough to fall asleep. Depending on which one of us wake up first, they are in charge of waking the other one up. I remember sometimes getting up at early as 5:00 am. After we are both wide awake with anticipation, we would run into my parents room and jump on them until they were also wide awake. We would then race each other down stairs and survey the gifts that were wrapped and labeled with precision under our tree. We were never allowed to open anything, not even our stockings, until our grandma was over. Since she lived around the corner from us it would only take a matter of minutes for her to answer our phone call and race over with the camera. While waiting for her arrival we would sort the presents into two piles and decide the order on which we were going to open them once she had arrived. Since I am the oldest I always let my little sister go first. After we had opened everything we would sit there and admire each other's gifts for hours before we had to go to my grandpas for brunch. Even though we are older, and things have changed in my family, we still stick to our family tradition for the most part.
During the Christmas season, my family and I have a lot of traditions that we do every year. The first begins on the first day of December. We all get a calendar filled with chocolate inside and on each day we get a piece until Christmas Eve. Another is my dad and I go get a tree together every year and we all decorate it on the twentieth, then we have a family party later in the day. The biggest one to me is on Christmas Eve night which we will read the Christmas Story and hang our Christmas stockings.
We don't have too many traditions in my house, not just for christmas, but for all sorts of things. One of the few traditions we have for christmas is to get a christmas tree and deck it out with festive little bells and silver stringy stuff. Along with this, my mother makes christmas cookies every year, particularly these incredibly potent things made from sugar cookies with dissolved Andes mints. We have hot cocoa, we make fun of each other, and we have the rest of the family over from both sides at our extendable table, dad makes a christmas meat dish and accompanying potato leek soup, and we all sit and BS and then we all go home and sleep. Christmas with the McClain's :)
As an aside, I find it wonderfully hilarious that the house with the biggest concentration of atheists is the site of the Christmas Party. There's really no reaction from the others who show up (Except from grandpa, but grandma keeps him in line)but i still quietly giggle in my room after it's all done.
Every year is something different with my family. Whether we spend more time with my dads’ side or my moms’ side depends on how everyone’s schedule falls. But one thing that we do every year is go ice-skating on New Years day.
My mom, dad, brother, sister and I all go to ice land to ice skate for a few hours before getting on with our day, which usually consists of a movie and somewhere to head for dinner.
I’m not to sure how this tradition started but I know its one that had been carried on for years. No matter what we do the night before, we always spend New Years day together.
My family’s most important Christmas tradition is a secret Santa. Every year my cousins and I draw names out of a hat to decide which family member you will be shopping for this holiday. Having a large family makes this tradition in particular extremely fun because you never know what to expect. The secret Santa really gets everyone excited for Christmas and spending time with each other.
Every year we used to go to my fathers side of the family. However, for the past three years we've visited my mothers cousins and spent the holiday with her family. I love it because that side of my family treats me as more of an adult than the other side. On New Years Eve we usually either throw a party or go to my godparents house. I'm not exactly certain how these traditions started but i love them.
Every year on Christmas Eve my family goes over my grandma on my mom's side home. We eat snacks and open a couple gifts and just spend time together. After about 2 hours have passed we then head to my dad's parents house where we have some food. We spend time playing board games and enjoying the family time. We open presents one at a time in front of the Christmas tree. We stay there until about 9:00 PM, talking and enjoying the holiday season together. On Christmas Eve my sister and I wake up early in the morning brush our teeth and wake our parents up, so we can open our presents. Then later that day my grandma comes over and we have a Christmas lunch and finish opening the gifts my grandmother brought over. This is my favorite because I love getting to spend time with all of my family and we always have a lot of fun together. I cherish these times and look forward to them every year.
A tradition that my family and I partake in is carving pumpkins the Saturday before Halloween. My mom’s side of the family is involed. Every year we go out and find the biggest pumpkins that we can. We also buy the cutouts of different designs to put in the pumpkins. I always try to find the hardest ones so I can have a challenge. This is a big tradition because this is where the whole family gets together and has a fun time. We laugh, joke, and have a great time. We have many traditions but this one is the biggest one where everyone comes together.
My family's tradition starts on Christmas Eve. During the 24th we go to mass at 12am, and then on Christmas day we go to mass again. During Christmas eve after we go to mass, we head over to my father's side of the family to celebrate. Every year we go to my grandparents which is a blessing because my grandma is 85 and my grandpa is 82 and spending each minute being with them is amazing. They've been a big inspiration to me and always taught me the values of life and family as my parents have too. As my family keeps growing with new cousins and a new nephew/niece to come, we always gather and have a good time, talking, and just sharing our lives. After, we have a big meal with a lot of food and wine ( I only have the sparkling wine ). Then after dinner we have a family member dress up as santa for the little ones and pass out gifts and we all just stay around celebrating. We also open our gifts before we leave to my grandparents on Christmas eve because on Christmas day we go to my mothers side of the family over to my other grandparents house and celebrate. This is really fun because we also have a big dinner and we all have a lot of fun being together as a family. I love being with all my family members on Christmas and celebrating because it's a great time where everyone is happy and festive, no worries or stress, just a time for blessings, just celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. I find myself very blessed not only to have an amazing family, but also to have an opportunity in life, for my health, and for an amazing life.
Every year before christmas we go and get starbucks and spend the day finding the perfect christmas tree and decorating it. Then, on christmas eve we go to my grandma's house with my entire family and we open presents we got for eachother. Then my brother and I watch the Grinch every Christmas eve, and anxiously wait for the next morning when we can open our presents. My brother has woken me up extremely early every year since I could remember. We go down and wake my parents up and open presents. Then we eat cinammon rolls together and get ready for our christmas party that day.
-cali brandt
Every year on christmas eve, my family has a big party with some of my aunts, uncles, and cousins. We all eat a bunch of food and have a gift exchange. After the party, we all go to midnight mass together. When we get back from church, my sisters and I run to bed, anxiously a waiting the next morning. In the morning, I'm always the first one up. I go to each room, waking up each of my family members by jumping on their bed until they roll out of bed. My family lines up on the stairs, me in the front, my parents on the end, and my sisters in between. We all wait until everyone gets to the stairs, then we run down the steps together, waiting to see what santa brought us. After we open presents, we get ready and then drive over to my grandma's for lunch. We have done this every year, and my parents hope that one day my sisters and I will do continue this tradition with our children.
My Christmas tradition starts on Christmas Day. Every year my dad's mom flies in from Florida. While we are awaiting her arrival we celebrate with our other family members that come to our house. As soon as grandma's plane lands the table is being set for our meal. When Grandma walks in the door we start by having our Christmas meal and then exchange gifts. I couldn't imagine Christmas any other way because this tradition has been around since I was born. I enjoy this week I get to spend with my grandma because I don't see her as often as I would like. Times spent with my grandma during this time of the year is where I have my fondest memories.
When I was younger my brother and I would all go over my grandparent’s house and spend Christmas Eve with my dad’s side of the family. There, we would have our traditional Christmas dinner, open presents from our aunts and uncles, and then go to ten o’clock mass. However, the past couple of years have been different. Last year we spent Christmas Eve with our neighbors and will be doing the same this year. Every year on Christmas morning my uncle will come over to eat breakfast and open gifts with us. Normally I’m the one stuck with the job of screaming and begging for my brothers to wake up so we can start opening gifts. After we open our gifts we treat Christmas Day as a lazy day and just hang around the house, or some other years we will spend the day with family. No matter what we do on either day, we are always with the people we are closest to.
Dynia 5/6
My families tradition starts Christmas Eve when we go to my aunt's house and we exchange gifts and eat a nice meal almost like another Thanksgiving. My Grandparents come in from Canada and as many other family members that can attend show up. After a long night of family fun we go home for the night. The next day we all enjoy Christmas morning separate from each other. Then that afternoon we switch what house we all meet at, but usually it is our house or my other uncle's house. The younger children are happy sharing their new toys with each other and all the adults sit in the kitchen talking and enjoying drinks. These two days make me realize how great family is and how fun it is to get everyone together
My family's tradition is on Christmas Eve on my dads side of the family is to eat 7 different types of fish. It's a very strange tradition that I never really understood but it is said to bring good luck for a whole year. Then on my moms side the tradition is to go to my great aunts house for dinner and to open presents. Unfortunetly this year I will not be able to go because of wrestling however.
Mitch Slyman
One of my favorite traditions is every year around Christmas time with my sister and I. In our family I am usually the one who decorates the house head to toe, however I always leave a Christmas tree undecorated for my sister and I to put ornaments on. This tree is our "family tree" with all our ornaments since we were babies. We joke around and always have a good time looking on the past decorating this tree. We also set aside a date that we make our Christmas sugar cookies. Ever since I can remember my sister and I would gather in the kitchen and cut out and frost cookies a few days before Christmas. It's always one of my favorite things to look forward to each Christmas.
One of the biggest Christmas traditions for my family was the Christmas dinners; one with my mom's side of the family on Christmas Eve and one with my dad's side of the family on Christmas Day. With my mom's side of the family on Christmas Eve, the meal consists of honey baked ham, rolls, cornbread muffins, green bean casserole, and homemade macaroni and cheese. As for my dad's side of the family, for dinner on Christmas day we have the following as well as honey glazed carrots, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and roast beef. The tradition of having dinner with each side of my family because it brings everyone together on such a special and wonderful occasion.
Every Christmas Eve my mother and I go over to my aunt's house to participate in a Secret Santa event. We all exchange gifts and eat dinner. That's pretty much it. We sit around and talk for a bit until we decide to go home.It's an alright part but I wish we had something more exciting and meaningful to do.
During the holidays there are three thing that i say are family traditions. The first one is on Christmas Eve the day before christmas, my family and I always have a crab dinner, witch includes my parents and my siblings.The second is on christmas day,once it hits morning who ever wakes up first is the first person to jump on me and my sibling. Once they do that we all go down stairs and we jump on parents to wake up to open presents.The third and final thing is when my family goes to my aunts to have a thing called a white elephant exchang. A white elephant exchange is when everyone brings a stupid gift and we keep on trading untill we are done then we open them and laugh about how stupid they are.
The only real family tradition we have is on Christmas eve. December 25th is also my fathers birthday, and every year we have a Christmas/Birthday party with our family. The guests that we have come over include my Dads side of the family (Moms side lives all over the U.S) and my grandmother. We also have some of my cousins and our close family friends. It is a great get together too see everyone that I haven't seen in awhile. There really is nothing special we do besides just get together and have dinner. It's nice to see everyone, and it really is a good time. Seeing everyone happy for the holidays is great feeling. Most of the adults just talk or are watching tv, and us younger kids play games and hangout. After everyone leaves thats when we receive and give our gifts for christmas
My tradition begins on Christmas Eve. My parents are divorced, so Christmas Eve is spent with my mother's side of the family. We always have dinner together and then end the night with gifts at my grandfather's. This year though will be a little different. As we grow older, our families expand. This Christmas Eve, we will be short a few seats at the table due to the fact we do not have enough room for the wives and daughter of my two oldest cousins. My aunt and uncle decided they would host Christmas Eve at their much more larger house, but my Grandfather was not ready to give up the tradition of hosting yet. That's okay though, because after my younger siblings and I open presents from Santa on Christmas morning, the whole family will be at my house for a meal and some festivities. My sister and I spend late morning/early afternoon with my father's side of the family. Then my sister and I make it back on time to Brunswick to capture a few memories at the family festivities my mom and step dad host. After the family members that have other family commitments to attend, who ever is left all goes to the movies. These are my wonderful family holiday traditions.
One tradition me and my family have is on Christmas Eve my dads side of the family comes over, brother and his wife, their daughter and my grandma, and we all have dinner together and then all exchange gifts later in the night. This year things will be alot different because my dads brother past away very suddenly last month. This year I do not know how things will be espically with my and aunt and cousin but I hope it is just as good as it always is.
Every year we host thanksgiving at my house, and my cousins, sisters and I pick names for a secret Santa. We exchange gifts on Christmas Eve at our family party year after year. On Christmas morning I always wake my sisters up anxiously wanting to know what is waiting downstairs for me. My sisters and I have to wait on the stairs until my dad tells us it is ready to come down. He always video tapes us running down the stairs, I am not sure why he does this though because we have never once watched the videos. He just feels obligated to do so every year, it has always been a tradition. After opening gifts my moms side of the family arrives and we have a big breakfast until it is time to eat Christmas dinner. I value all these memories and moments I get to spend with my family. I don't see all of them that often so it is nice to know I can look forward to the holidays knowing they will be there. I can't wait to carry on these traditions and make more memories with my own family one day.
We don't have many traditions in my family but one that we've held every year since my mother was a born is that every year on Christmas Eve everyone opens a new pair of pajamas and a christmas ornament. We all run upstairs to throw on our new pajamas before putting our new ornaments on the tree.
After this is all said and done my siblings inevitably spend an hour trying to convince my mom to let them open their presents a day early...it never works but I suppose it's a tradition.
My family has always been big on traditions, but this year it has been decided that a new tradition will take place. For as long as I can remember, my family has run around for two days straight trying to do all we can in the short amount of time everyone we know and love are in town. But with so many places to go and so many people to visit, the holidays seem to zoom by without any of us relaxing and enjoying them. So this year, my mom and I have made it official that family will be coming to our house Christmas day for a simple dinner of appetizers. However, the one rule we have set is that everyone must come in pajamas, so my mom and I have done our shopping and bought the PJs everyone will have to spend the day in. I’m so excited for this new tradition because it’s something I hope I can bring my husband and kids to one day, just like I went to visit my grandparents and family for Christmas. This year is going to be the start of memories I will get to share with so many people I love.
Riczo 5-6
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