I wanna start some new traditions for my family. Does anyone have any suggestions that you usually do for tradtions durning the holidays?
2006-12-07 01:56:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Christmas Eve is family time. Just us. We bake cookies together, and watch a Christmas movie together, with those cookies and hot cocoa.
The kids get one gift Christmas Eve. It is always a cute pair of new Pj's. They also look smashing in the pictures Christmas morning with those news pj's on!
This is our tradition.
Christmas gets so busy for us, with visiting that we need to take that one evening - just the 4 of us.
Merry Christmas.
2006-12-07 02:04:35 · answer #1 · answered by Haveagoodday! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our kids are two and four, some of our traditions are our own, however some are carried on from when we had been little. One thing we do is slash our possess Christmas tree. Typically that is the day after Thanksgiving, then the tree goes within the storage except every week or two before Christmas. We actually have a loved ones baking day or two the place we all celebration and crank out about 10 types of cookies and candy. As soon as our daughter was born we wanted her to get up in her own condominium on Christmas morning, so that is some thing we are trying tough to do. Gifts from Santa are unwrapped and will also be performed with right away, however the other items have got to wait except after breakfast. Additionally, each 12 months we supply my niece and nephew an ornament exceptionally for them in order that after they develop up and have a tree of their own, they'll have some starter embellishes. We probably get them at craft festivals so they are exact, and my siblings do the identical for my children. That's more often than not my favorite way of life.
2016-08-10 00:35:47 · answer #2 · answered by nikkel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Along a different line than cookies, etc... We usually open our presents on Christmas Eve before going to candlelight service. We usually go out to eat to a fancy/nice restaurant early, then when we get done with dinner it is dark. We drive around and look at Christmas lights. Year after year the same houses would be lit, but then there would be new ones as well. If your area has a park that gets covered in lights, drive through it. Then, when you are "lighted" out, go home and open your presents.
My family did this every year....and do you know, I don't know what I got for Christmas when I was 10, but I sure can tell you about the lights that I saw! How the one neighborhood tried to outdo each other each year and the one that put out luminaria for blocks and blocks. I still love it!!!
2006-12-07 02:35:59 · answer #3 · answered by tallnfriendlyone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one of my families favorite holiday traditions is Xmas eve my family gets together and has a small family party we make cookies , we have fried chicken and salad and what ever else everyone likes we all make something then we sit around telling old family Xmas stories that are really great and we just have a good time and at midnight we all open up one special gift for the night and the kids love it and after that we put the kids to bed . and that's when the real party starts i can remember this tradition for as long as i can remember and know with my own kids and siblings we do the same thing, each year we pick someones house and that's the house we party in and have Xmas at it's great and we love it .
2006-12-07 02:26:05 · answer #4 · answered by sexyswells42 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
~Try getting some new pajamas for everyone to enjoy during the holiday season
~Make the weekends or evenings fun by getting holiday movies and snacks, have comfort foods that you can enjoy every year
~Plan to do something nice for someone as a family (angel tree, local fire department, elderly neighbor, etc)
~start a neighborhood Grinch- sort of a Secret Santa for the neighbors *see the link below
Pick some new decoration each year (My Hubby and I add at least one ornament every year, and it is a fun way to remember the years events)
Don't forget baking- cookies were a tradition when I was a kid. We would bake huge batches of butter cookies and decorate them
Whatever you do, I hope you have a safe and happy holiday season!
2006-12-07 02:54:36 · answer #5 · answered by Saph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Decorate the tree together (this includes traditional ornaments, lights, etc. and my favorite - stringing popcorn together)
Take a family photo , have everyone sign it, and send them out with christmas cards
Sing christmas carols together, maybe even consider visiting a nursing home
Give to a local organization, such as Angel Tree or Big Brother Big Sister as a family
Just a few suggestions...
2006-12-07 02:02:35 · answer #6 · answered by maddiekay82 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
our childrens are 2 and four, a number of our traditions are our very own, yet some are carried on from as quickly as we've been little. one element we do is decrease down our very own Christmas tree. commonly it fairly is the day after Thanksgiving, then the tree is going interior the storage till each week or 2 in the previous Christmas. We fairly have a kinfolk baking day or 2 the place all of us celebration and crank out approximately 10 varieties of cookies and candy. as quickly as our daughter became into born we would have enjoyed her to awaken in her very own residence on Christmas morning, so because it relatively is a few thing we attempt troublesome to do. presents from Santa are unwrapped and can be performed with good away, however the different presents could wait till after breakfast. additionally, each twelve months we provide my niece and nephew an ornament fairly for them so as that as quickly as they develop up and have a tree of their very own, they could have some starter embellishes. We in lots of circumstances get them at craft fairs so as that they are unique, and my siblings do the comparable for my toddlers. it relatively is probably my well-known custom.
2016-10-05 00:11:23 · answer #7 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My family and I every year would go to church, and sometimes for an extra special trip, we would go into Boston's Trinity Church. Which is a huge and beautiful church where they would have a really nice choir singing. Baking cookies is another thing. Also every year my Mom would get my sister and I a new ornament to hang on the tree. My Dad would be in charge of stuffing the stockings, every year he'd give us a bag of Goldfish crackers and a bag of M&M's, and Mom would get us socks and pencils. We would also do the open one gift on Christmas Eve.
2006-12-07 02:34:50 · answer #8 · answered by aeval1313 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My family likes to get together on Christmas Eve to bake cookies (the kids love being able to decorate them), everyone puts one special ornament on the tree, sing a few carols, and pull out the old boardgames for a long evening of play.
2006-12-07 02:28:55 · answer #9 · answered by sierra33ok 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a tradition i have always wanted to start once i start a family is to read the story of mary and joseph traveling to bethlehem to have jesus, before opening presents.
other traditions that would be fun is for everybody to decorate one ornament and write the year on it. that way you can reminisc about past holidays. you can get a box of 12 large opaque ornaments for 2-4 at a craft store and they can be made into beautiful ornaments
a secret santa tradition would be fun and sometimes funny.
a picture as a christmas card. my husband, me and the dogs take a picture every year. it is super fun.
2006-12-07 02:09:26 · answer #10 · answered by somebody's a mom!! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋