Tomorrow my family starts one of our favorite Christmas traditions... the 12 Days of Christmas to a neighbor. My kids begin asking in the summer who we will deliver gifts to, ring the doorbell and 'run'. With our new home and new neighborhood we have many families to choose from. We bought our gifts and got each gift ready so we can begin the fun tomorrow night after school.
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I love my family's tradition to get peppermint ice cream, bundle into as few cars as possible and drive around looking at Christmas lights. When we were young we fit in one car. Now...it takes three truck loads but it is such fun!
Mandy
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I grew up in Iowa...no running door to door in three feet of snow! Like Mandy, we drive through the city's Festival of Lights. Totally corny, but the money goes to the symphony, so it is for a good cause.
Thanks for a fun 12 days...and I am so excited to use all the great things I won!
My boys open at least one big present Christmas morning. We attend Mass, have brunch, and then open up the rest of the gifts. The rest of the day is spent enjoying our gifts and time with each other!
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Pancakes on Christmas Eve morning. Love it! It's actually my birthday celebration but I couldn't think of a better way each year than to be with my family getting ready for Christmas!! Julielynnallen@gmail.com
one present on Christmas eve :)
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Love to snuggle up on a cold night and watch Christmas movies by the simple glow of my Christmas tree.
cmccain@ricecisd.org
We love bundling up in our pjs and driving around looking at the Christmas lights. The drive home always includes a stop at the donut store and hot chocolate.
One of my newer favorite traditions is going caroling with a group of women. We take a day off from work and carol all day in the local communities - mostly at elderly housing units. Really brings the season home!
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My family loves going into Salt Lake to see the lights at Temple Square, the big candy windows at Macy's, and then riding the train to the Grand American hotel to do see their gingerbread and window displays. Every year they have a different activity the kids have to do to earn a treat at their yummy bakery. We have a blast every year! Christmas time is the best!
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Watching Christmas movies! We always watch Yes Virginia There is a Santa Claus on Christmas day.
misswold@gmail.com
My favorite tradition is going to an old movie theater in the city that plays a double feature of "It's A Wonderful Life" and "White Christmas". All the girls in our family wear Christmas headbands and sing along to the movie!
allisonjoy19@hotmail.com
We have a new tradition this year with Christmas books. We wrapped 25 Christmas books and put them under the tree. Each day from Dec. 1 until Christmas, we open a new book and enjoy it as a family. Funniest part this year was when my daughter unwrapped The Gingerbread Man and yelled "this isn't a Christmas book". (I had to stretch it a bit to have enough books this year for our first year.)
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My family loves making gingerbread houses. I cant wait to make these with my sisters and daughters!
-Natalie
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At the beginning of December, I wrap 24 Christmas books- always sticking a new one in the mix. Then every night we unwrap one book and read it by the tree before bed. We have other small traditions we do with that, but this by far has been my favorite!!
Christmas Eve movie and lunch with the family!!!
Angie
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My favorite tradition is going to the nutcracker with my grandma and all my cousins on Christmas Eve. Then we have a big family party and Santa comes to pass out presents. Love it! (Just commenting, no need to win this time :) thanks!
My favorite Christmas traditions are decorating the Christmas tree with my children and eating fudge. Letting my kids open one present on Christmas Eve.
Growing up we used to go out into the middle of the forrest and find our Christmas tree. Usually it was more of a Charlie Brown looking tree but it didn't seem to matter! Also cheese fondu on Christmas Eve!! It wouldn't be the same without it :)
Holly
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We love to drive around and look at Christmas lights on Christmas Eve and the go to Midnight Mass.
kburch@sjbplymouth.org
We spend a day making our favorite cookies and then deliver them to our neighbors, friends and elderly people in our church. This is a tradition my family had growing up and it reminds me of them every year!!!
kemenielsen@yahoo.com
My family tradition is having my father read the "Night Before Christmas" before we open our presents. When he became a snowbird, living in FL for six months, my husband bought a book that my dad recorded his voice into of the poem. So now I can still hear him recite the poem before opening our presents.
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We love to take a thermos of hot chocolate and drive around looking at Christmas lights. There is something magical about it every time!
Elisabeth
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My mom and I make tamales. I hope one day when I have a daughter we can continue the tradition. :)
Bren P.
The Teacher Diaries
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We don't have kids, so we don't have a lot of traditions. My family reads the Christmas story every year before our Christmas dinner. We also get together at my grandmother's house on Christmas eve for a chili supper.
Love, love, love the holidays with family!
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My family (aunts, uncles, cousins, and anyone who wants to join us) make about 400 tamales. We cook them Christmas Eve. Anyone who wants to, take some home. We make chicken, pork, green chilie and cheese, and sweet ones
esalcido@lausd.net
Since my family is relatively new (been married 3 years and we have an 18 month old) we are starting new "traditions" Since our daughter is the only grandchild, and niece in our family; we have begun a tradition of opening presents Christmas morning at my house. We serve everyone breakfast, and then watch the little one open her gifts. (Well, they watch me unwrap, LOL) I'm looking forward to watching her do that in the upcoming years!
My favorite tradition is watching White Christmas curled up on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate !
Lindsey - lmburto@gmail.com
New jammies on Christmas Eve. My own kids are grown, but I still send them to my grandson. It makes for pretty Christmas morning pictures. :)
We love to go to our area's "Christmas in the Park" which is a local light display and fireworks show. It starts our Christmas season every year!
~Wendy
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Every year, my sons and I make Santa ornaments out of their handprints. It is so neat to see their handprints grow over time.
Marcy
marcy_sundling@hotmail.com
The kids get to open one present on Christmas Eve. I always get them new pj's, so the Christmas morning pictures look nice! :-)
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Decorating the Christmas tree, going to see the Nutcracker and reading The Night Before Christmas.
tania
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painted cut out cookies--do it at school with my second graders and at home with my girls.
sarahparsons@charter.net
Thanks for the great freebies this past 12 days.
Sarah
hanging out with my family watching movies!
Christina :)
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Apples, Books, and Crayons
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We eat spaghetti every Christmas Eve and then we go to church and then drive around to look at the Christmas lights. Once we get home we make hot chocolate and watch White Christmas. We have been doing this for years and our oldest daughter expects it when she comes home for Christmas!
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I love the tradition of getting the gift of brand new pajamas. So fun and you can remember all season how much fun you had opening the pajamas as a gift even when you KNEW it was pajamas.
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When my son was three I tried to explain that Christmas was Jesus' birthday....he wanted to know where the birthday cake was....we made one and every year since we have made birthday cake on Christmas Eve....this year is year 19!
Carol D.
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One of my favorite Christmas traditions is to go looking at Christmas lights with my family. A few years ago we found three houses with lights that move with music, not far from our home! There's something magical about Christmas lights!
œKaryn
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Keeping my fingers crossed that today might be my day. My favorite tradition is putting up Christmas lights the day after Thanksgiving. Then I wish like crazy for the first snowfall. kcross@509j.net
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