christmas traditions!?

Question

What traditions do you live to and christmas time at your home? we still put milk and biscuits for santa and a carrot for rudolph and i am now a parent myself but its what I have done since I was a child.

Answer 1

As a child, I had certain things in my stocking. A candy cane, an orange, sometimes some change [change went farther back then, a quarter bought a handfuls of candy.
We went to the gas station near our house, before Christmas, it was always the coldest evening of the year, and picked out a tree. They were a buck and a quarter, and Dad would look at each one, until we got the fullest, and the tallest. Mom would stay home, and complain she was not going out in the cold. Her holiday tradition!
We brought it home, and Dad would turn the air blue with his not nice language trying to get the base cut evenly, and stuff it into the holder. I remember they used to argue about putting water in the holder. .He used Mom's good butcher Knife one year to cut it, and up until the day she was no longer able to cook, pointed to a notch cut into the blade, and told me Dad did that on a Christmas tree! I still have the knife, and the tree holder.
When I got older,every year, Mom made Christmas rolls in the shape of tree, green and red marachino cherries were the ornaments. We had to eat breakfast before I was allowed to open gifts. Dad and I ate the rolls, and neither of us had the courage to tell her we did not like them. Dad was a hearty eater, never picky, never overweight, and he ate one roll. It took me awhile to choke mine down, but I did it. The green cherries were mint favored, I have never since seen that. Good, mint on white icing over cinnamon rolls did not taste nice. But she tried so hard, and never, ever did yeast bread any other time of the year. Rest in peace Mom, but your rolls were awful.
I put cookies and milk out for SantaDad every year, and every year Mom put them back in the cookie can after I went to bed. she thought I didn't know. One year I had had enough, and said, if dad doesn't want the cookies, why am I putting them out? She asked me how I knew. Well, when their are 5 cookies in the can, and I took out three, and the next day there were five again, well,
duh. My parents always thought I believed in Santa, but I did not. I always knew that guy at the store was not Santa, and had already figured out that since we did not have a chimney... this was before the myth of the magic key was born. I remember when I was 4, not believeing. My little tradition, they did not know until I was an adult, that I knew all along. The child lying to the parents about Santa was a unique tradition.
So, I am grown, and I have my own traditions. I have never had a reall tree, only artificial. The stockings are hung by the chimney[yes, I have a fireplace] but they are empty, there for decoration.
there are no yeast rolls, and I collect Santa ornaments and large and small bric-a brac. I have a couple plastic candy canes on the tree.
Merry Christmas, and to all, keep your holiday traditions alive, even the weird ones! and parents, wait until your kids grow up, and see what traditions they keep, and which ones they quickly abandon. You will get to have a good laugh, at the children's expense!

Answer 2

When I was little I grew up with the tradition that Christmas Decorations go up on 12th dec (12 days before christmas) and come down on the 6th Jan (12 days after Christmas). It was supposed to be unlucky to put them up before or take them down after that time. I still stick to that even though i always seem to be the last in my street! We also have certain decorations for the kids to put on the tree, I still have the reindeer that I always used to put on my mum and Dad's tree and it has to go on my tree now, even tho its old and battered!

I too also put out milk and a mince pie for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph. I have always done that with my kids too.

Answer 3

I do the same: my son leaves milk and cookies on the table for Santa and carrot for Rudolph on Xmas' Eve; the other day he wrote his letter to Santa and put it under the Xmas tree, now he's waiting for the elf to come and pick it up;) then on the morning of the 25th he'll find his gifts and Santa's letter under the tree; as a tradition, I'm half Italian and I grew up there, so on Xmas Eve's tradition says you shouldn't eat meat, but seafood and fish instead; so I always prepare dinner according to that. Then from Xmas Eve up to Jan 6th, we gather family and friends nearly everyday to play traditional cards gambling games and eat traditional Xmas sweets.

Answer 4

I have always loved Christmas. My mom and I always shop for a special gift for one another (like jewelry) and it is so much fun deciding together what we will buy. This year I took my five year old daughter and started the tradition with her! She had a blast choosing her own bracelet!! We also love to bake and share with the people we are close to. Perhaps the most rewarding tradition, however, is choosing an angel from our community angel tree and making sure a needy child has "Santa" visit!!

Answer 5

yes we do the food for santa and carrot for rudolph,and we always go to church christmas day,then we go to the pub at 12 while the women cook the dinner , then we watch the queens speach before we tuck into our food ,then usually have a game of cards ,chase the ace ,twopence hapenny and the like./

Answer 6

My daughter posts and receives a letter back from Santa.
We leave a carrot for Rudolph, mince pies and brandy for Father Christmas.... but he never finishes it because that would make him too drunk!!
Father Christmas leaves 'talcum powder' footprints around the fireplace...
And Jesus "appears" in his crib in the nativity set over night.
I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!

Answer 7

Very much the same as when i was a child,except we have our Christmas dinner on Christmas eve,that way i get to spend the day with my children,and I'm not in and out of the kitchen all day.

Answer 8

Hubby and I get a huge tree (they always look so small outside LOL) and hang stockings. We also burn the bayberry candle which we let burn to the end. We get new PJ's, and we put them on early Christmas Eve, then we eat our traditional dinner and settle in for 'a long winter's nap'. Then we open presents in the morning.
~Whatever your traditions, I hope that this year finds you safe and warm; I wish full stockings and fuller bellies to everyone.
Merry Christmas!

Answer 9

Prawn cocktail for starter at lunch and a tin of Roses in the run up to Christmas - just around the house. Cold turkey and bubble and squeek with pickles and crusty bread on Boxing Day. Wow - cannot wait!

Answer 10

We just bought our 1st house & will be moving in on dec. 15th. My husband & my 2 daughters & I will be starting our own traditions this year. The 1 thing we are doing this year will be to make homemade gifts for each other, things that are special in some way. Merry Christmas!!!!!