Holiday Traditions
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Holiday Tradition Ideas Needed
Asked by A.C. from Los Angeles
on December 6, 2008
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I would like to start a "family tradition" of buying my son some sort of keepsake item every year for Christmas. I am at a total loss for ideas. The only thing I can...
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- Hi A., My husband and I , have gotten one special ornament each year, (we always get them from Hallmark) we have been married for 9 years. And as soon as my firs...
- Hi A., I think you idea is a great one! I wish that I had thought of it. There are little porcelein boxes made. Some are pretty expensive, like Limoge. They are m...
- We do the Christmas ornament every year because then when they move out, they'll have a lot of ornaments to put on their own tree. Each is meaningful because it refle...
Holiday Tradition
Asked by M.P. from Portland
on November 16, 2008
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Hello, I am looking for some fun ideas to do for Christmas Eve and/or Day. I lost my mom three years ago and it's extremly hard because she was the families support s...
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- I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my mom on Xmas eve 4 years ago. I miss her greatly. We just carry on and I just remember how much she loved gift giving and watching ev...
- Some family traditions we have developed for Christmas Eve and Day include: Hot Chocolate with crushed cand canes added to drink while out looking at Christmas Lig...
- I think it's really wonderful you want to start some family traditions. :-) We have different traditions for different dates, some just happened and others we planned ...
Break Christmas Tradition??
Asked by M.C. from Honolulu
on August 13, 2009
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Hi Moms
Every year since I can remember, I bake Christmas cookies. (lots and lots of them, all different kinds!) I have had fun with my kids keeping this tradition, p...
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- Hi Mary Beth, In don't think you need to break your Christmas Tradition, I am sure your thoughtfulness, is very much appreciated every year, and think how you make peo...
- Its only 1 time a year... if you can stand it, just enjoy it as you usually do... traditionally. You said your healthy kick was adopted s-l-o-w-l-y... so don't expect...
- Mary Beth, I agree with most of the other posts - make your cookies, enjoy the time with your family and friends, it's once a year! However, if you REALLY feel g...
Holiday Traditions
Asked by B.H. from Albuquerque
on November 26, 2007
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hi, mommies! just wondering what you do as a holiday family tradition? i'd really like to do something special this year that we can do every year as a family! any ...
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- We get each of our kids a special tree ornament (either made or bought) and that way, when they are adults, they'll have 18 ornaments of their own - for keepsakes or f...
- One of the years we had the children make up a rap song and dance to a holiday song...We(Moms)wrote a little something special about each of our nieces and nephews...T...
- I love everyone's ideas! I would also suggest the APS Festival of Lights parade and the Santa's World at Firebird Raceway both are awesome, we have gone for the last t...
Holiday Traditions
Asked by K.B. from Chicago
on August 30, 2009
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I'm starting to think more about what traditions we want to do at holiday gatherings. I'm realizing that it's my turn to start creating some of these memories for my f...
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- We just started this one. One of the uncles dresses up as Santa and walks around the outside of the house with his back to the windows like he's looking in the sky. ...
- My earliest childhood memories of Christmas always included the annual train ride to the city. We would meet at the train station (it started as my parents, the 6 of u...
- The only tradition I've established is doing what works on any given year! I mean, we celebrate Halloween by dressing up and going Trick-or-Treating, Fourth of July wi...
Holiday Traditions
Asked by M.T. from Philadelphia
on November 14, 2007
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My husband and I are in the process of getting divorced. This will be the first year of holidays not spent as a family unit. I would like to start creating some trad...
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- Hello, my name is N. I am a mother of three beautiful children. One thing that my children and I do together is the christmas tree. I put the garland and the high or...
- My kids and I usually watch A Christmas Story on Christmas eve, and I let them open one small gift.That's my special time with them because they leave with thier dad o...
- Hi! I think it 's so nice and important that you want to create new traditions with your daughter. Here are some of the things that I do with my kids. We always bak...
Holiday Traditions
Asked by N.C. from Melbourne
on November 9, 2006
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My daughter is 16 mos and I am pregnant with my 2nd. I would like to start some interesting holiday traditions with her. I did a few last year and have some from my ...
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- Yay for these kinds of topics and so far I see some wonderful suggestions! We do the giant Christmas Eve dinner at my aunt's house and the adults exchange presents ...
- My daughter is 12 and my son is 10. Up until they were 6 and 4 we lived down the street from my sister and her 3 kids. Every holiday season I would have all of the k...
- I purchased a tree skirt and every year i take fabric paint, put it on my kids feet and let them pace one set of prints around the trim so we can watch them grow throu...
Anyone Have a Special Christmas Book or Tradition They Would like to Share?
Asked by K.M. from Dallas
on November 18, 2008
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Hi Mamas,
My daughter will be 3 next month, and I am looking for some special christmas books that she will enjoy at her age. This is going to be a really fun year ...
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- Personally, we always watched the Nutcracker ballet while we decorated the tree. I loved it! Everytime I hear the music, I think of pulling out those treasured ornam...
- My daughter turned 4 in June and last year she wanted to drive around and look at Christmas lights EVERY NIGHT! We didn't do it that often, but she was excited everyt...
- Hi K., my Cousin was a Reading teacher and of course loved books, so she would give me a book every year that was signed by the author. I can't remember all of them, ...
Holiday Hopping STRESS ALREADY!!
Asked by M.K. from Indianapolis
on November 16, 2006
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Hello, I have an almost 11 month old son. This will obviously be the first year we have to deal with holiday stress. Up until this year my husband and I have been ve...
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- I feel the same way. Kids are only little once and I feel strongly that there's something very special about waking up Christmas morning at home. I also have parents...
- I know your frustration. Even after our first was born, we tried to do the juggling act. Trying to make everybody happy, ended making nobody happy. We finally sent ...
- First thing to realize RIGHT now, you will never make everyone happy! Just make your mind up now on what you want YOUR family tradition to be. Like staying home on Chr...
Giving Back During the Holiday Season...
Asked by K.H. from Dallas
on August 30, 2008
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even though my family struggles & doesnt have much but we have more than a lot of families do...& i want to teach my children that it is important to remember others, ...
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- Contact me. I am a m big sister in the Big Brother Big Siater program and I have a family that would really appreciate this. My name is C.. ____@____.com
- Bless you for remembering the reason of the season. We have started this tradition too through our church and the salvation army angel trees. I would recommend talki...
- You know that nursing homes or retirement homes would be good. It would help brighten their holidays too. You could also maybe ask your childs schools if they know ...
