traditions have u adopted over the years? or participate in w/ur family? For example, I serve evry1 hot chocolate on X-Mas Eve
and force my best Cajun-French accent while I read Gaston, the Green-Nosed Alligator!(a crazy Cajun Night b4 Xmas). When I pretend like we r going to bed w/o it the kids beg me to do Gaston!
2006-12-09 12:31:00 · 5 answers · asked by des 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Every year I get my mom an ornament for her tree. It usually symbolizes something from the past year, like the year I went to New Orleans (before Katrina) I brought her back a southern belle ornament.
My sister and cousins and I must watch "A Christmas Story" at least once and taunt each other with, "You'll shoot your eye out!"
Ever since my sister got a cat 6 years ago she gets at least 1 cat themeed present every year (picture frame, socks, notecards, etc). We address it to the cat and the cat has her own stocking.
Our family is Italian and we have to have the 7 fish dinner on Christmas Eve.
Instead of eggnog our family makes home made Bailey's Irish creme liquor that we call "the brew." We are only allowed to make "the brew" at Christmas and only my mom, my dad, my sister and I know the recipe and we are NOT allowed to share it with anyone except any future husbands and children. It's the best thing ever--it goes down like chocolate milk and before you know it you're feeling very "merry."
Great question! THat just got me in the holiday spirit!
2006-12-09 13:37:59 · answer #1 · answered by ivybear98 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quirky I do not know...but we leave cookies for Santa...Carrots for the reindeer...after the kids go to sleep take bites from both and leave reindeer prints on the floor...oh and almost forgot...we took soot from the fireplace and put it on the fireplace ledge. Our kids are now 24 and 26 and still expect when they are here for Christmas. And for the record my daughter loves Gaston....
2006-12-09 12:33:56 · answer #2 · answered by ஐAldaஐ 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Let's see-
We HAVE to watch the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol ( with Alistair Simm) on Christmas Eve. We have to have eggnog to toast with. It doesn't feel like Christmas until I listen to my Ren and Stimpy's Crock O' Christmas CD.
That's about it.
2006-12-09 12:45:15 · answer #3 · answered by Flea© 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine said that he was an aithiest and didn't believe in christmas, God, Jesus..... but still bought everyone presents and wrapped them in x-mas paper.
2006-12-09 12:35:24 · answer #4 · answered by Jojo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we have a family competition..(this is saved for when the whole family is together.. cousins.. aunts.. great aunts.. etc) from relays.. to scavenger hunts.. everytime it is different.. its soo much fun.. we cant help to cheer even the other teams.. they are my family after all...
2006-12-09 12:42:23 · answer #5 · answered by CM 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋