Holiday Traditions
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Advent Tradition
Asked by J.A. from New York
on October 11, 2009
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Hello everyone,
I am interested to start a new religous tradition I would like to try for the first time. It is called advent. No one I know lights up advent cand...
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- Get or make an Advent Calendar. It is a "countdown" to Christmas Day. I buy one at a local religious (Catholic) store. Each day you open a window and it has a picture ...
- Advent can be a fun time. You can easily make an advent wreath. When we were kids, we used to get some pine boughs, real or not, and wrap them into a circle. You'll...
- Hi It is a European tradition I think. I am from Germany and it is celebrated every year. Yo have a decorated wreath with four candles on it. You light one candle t...
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 ...
Is There a Christmas Dinner Tradition That Is Texas?
Asked by D.P. from Dallas
on December 15, 2010
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I am from NY and the typical Christmas dinner is Ham (we just did turkey last month) or Lasagna. Is there a traditional meal that is a Texas tradition?
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- I second the blackeyed peas for new years. Also, Tamales are great and the best are the homemade kind. There are lots of older hispanic women that make them and sell...
- I don't know about a tradition for Texas... but our family has created it's own tradition! Christmas eve - we go out and eat. Fast food. Very cheap, very easy! ...
- Well maybe not necessarily for Christmas dinner, but around Christmas time homemade Tamales are pretty popular here in Texas. Last year we ordered some to eat on Chri...
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 C.L. from Great Falls
on November 2, 2011
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Now that Halloween is over, I'm already thinking about the holidays.. It is indeed my favorite time of year for many reasons. This will be my first holiday season as a...
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- Your daughter is still a little young for this but, Christmas Eve my family always did the same thing: 1. Go out to eat. 2. Drive around looking at Christmas lights....
- On Christmas Day, we ALWAYS go to the movies. We've done this for 25 yrs. You'd be surprised at how crowded it can be too!!
- We open one small present on Christmas Eve. We drive around to look at lights. We always have hot cocoa w/whip red sprinkles, cream & peppermint stick. Play C...
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...
Christmas Tradition
Asked by J.B. from Rapid City
on December 3, 2009
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My husband and I have an ongoing discussion of what to do at Christmas each year. He wants a real tree, I prefer artificial. He wants Santa and Family gifts on Christm...
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- Your kids don't and won't care if they have a real or artificial tree, or if they open gifts on Christmas eve or Christmas morning. They're just excited that it's Chri...
- Well my husband and I went through the same thing so I completely understand your frustration! I finally gave in and decided that we would spend christmas with his fam...
- When I was young we went to grandparents and opened gifts there christmas eve, christmas morning we opened ours until I was about 10 and then my parents decided they w...
Who Does the Holiday Decorating?
Asked by J.H. from Phoenix
on November 27, 2010
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Happy holidays everyone! Question here... who does the holiday decorating in your home? Is putting up the Christmas tree a family effort that has evolved into a tradi...
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- We all do. This year we bought a fake tree that is already lighted so I helped hubby separate the leaves and he and the kids put the ornaments on. I will have hubby ta...
- I do the decorating, I do the planning, I do the shopping, I do the wrapping, I do the cooking, I get the guest rooms ready, and I do all the cleaning up and I'm feel...
- My husband plays no part in the decoration process LOL He's just not into that. He sits there with coffee and observes. He helps if I ask him but he can care less ab...
