Holiday Traditions: Myself
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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 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...
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 Plans
Asked by K.H. from Boston
on December 19, 2010
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Has anyone ever broken from a tradition to start their own? Myhusband and I have 2 children now, and we used to go to his Aunt's house on xmas day- in between my moms...
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- you have to do what works for you. once we had kids we ruled that we only do 1 house a day. sorry if we can't get everyone in on the actual holiday. but anyone is m...
- In the end I do agree with the advice that you have to do what you think is best, I also think that with a small baby, things change and what you decide this year, bec...
- My family's xmas "traditions" flow with the changing situations. One year, I had only three people from my family at my house, because so many of us were pregnant and ...
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...
Starting a New Family Christmas Morning Tradition
Asked by L.S. from Detroit
on December 23, 2011
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Happy Holidays Ladies!!
......my Daughter just turned 4. This year is the first year I feel she understands what Christmas is. (giving gifts, the magic of santa, a...
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- We went through this same thing a few years ago. My MIL wanted Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day. Sorry, but I have a family too, and we were overwhelmed. Try explaining...
- my boyfriend's family always does Christmas Day, not a big deal as my family did Christmas Eve...we tried it one year to do santa here then get ready and get over ther...
- I think you've done what you can in order to accommodate your in-laws and still stand with your family on your own priorities. One thing I learned working with coun...
