Our family Christmas traditions

Each family celebrates the holidays differently. I thought it might be fun to share the ways in which we all celebrate. Here are ours:

1. We gather on Christmas Eve to visit with my side of the family. We play games, eat and sing Christmas songs while my sister plays the keyboard.
2. Daniel and I help the kids make cookies for Santa.
3. We drink hot Dr Pepper with cinnamon sticks, just the way my daddy used to make it.
4. Daniel and I make a Christmas Eve run to the local drug store and the kids stay with my mom. We each get a certain amount of money to buy each other stocking stuffers, since we do not buy gifts for each other. We try to keep the stuff hidden from each other. It is so much fun!
5. The kids hang up their giant stockings that my grandma made for them.
6. We allow the kids to open the pajamas we bought for them and wear them to bed.
7. Daniel and I put the kids to bed after reading Christmas stories and wait for them to fall asleep so we can get everything ready for Santa’s visit.
8. We have a big breakfast on Christmas morning with my mom and open presents.
9. On Christmas afternoon, we join Daniel’s family for a fun filled time of yummy food, presents and great company!
10. We wait until the day after Christmas to clean up all of the Christmas mess!

Now it’s your turn!

 

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