Holiday Traditions
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Christmas Gift, Appropriate for a Jewish Instructor????
Asked by E.S. from Los Angeles
on December 12, 2008
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My 4 year old daughter attends a dance class and loves her instructor, is it proper to give the instructor a christmas gift even though I know she is jewish? Should I...
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- I am christian married to a jewish man. Hanukkah is a very special holiday that gets burried in Christmas this year. If you would like to be extra thoughtful, make...
- You can not go wrong with a holiday gift, but since you asked, I have many very close Jewish friends and they are not insulted or offended at all if given a Christmas ...
- Some members of our family are jewish. I make it a point to specifically send Hannukah cards. It starts Dec. 21 this year.
Good Deeds for the Holidays
Asked by A.O. from Milwaukee
on November 27, 2007
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I would really like some suggestions as to charity, deeds of kindness that I can involve my children in this holiday season. They are very young, but I want them to kn...
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- Your kids are the perfect age to start teaching them these kinds of things!! We give money to the Salvation Army bell ringers whenever we see them...can't be much sin...
- My sister adopted a family and asked the nieces and nephews(7-9 yrs old) If they would be willing to give up one of their gifts so she could buy for this other family....
- We just took our kids to buy presents that we're going to donate. We let each kid buy one present between $10.00 and $15.00 for a boy/girl their same age. They had f...
When Is It Enough
Asked by S.T. from Kansas City
on December 26, 2007
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When do you that enough is enough?? Don't get me wrong I love Christmas is just seems like I can never enjoy it. With trying to go everywhere to spend the holiday with...
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- I don't blame you for wanting to have an at-home Christmas for your children. As a child, I was dragged to the Grandparents home (the 'don't touch that' place) every ...
- It's "time" when you feel as you do. I'm a grandma of 7 now & I well remember that feeling. We made that transition & said anyone was welcome to come to our house on...
- We said enough is enough a few years back the kids were 6,7,9 it did not go over well with the rest of the family but as the years have gone on they are use to it. The...
Easter Traditions
Asked by T.C. from Des Moines
on March 30, 2010
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What are your family's Easter traditions. We have two kids under the age of two and would like to establish some fun and MEANINGFUL traditions for our family. I'm no...
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- We have gone to the MN Zoo every Easter since my daughter was born to see the "farm babies" exhibit. Easter is about spring, birth, and new life. What's not to like a...
- My mother found an Easter story it is a plastic egg carton comes with 12 different colored eggs with a small something to go along with the Easter story I'm doing with...
- After reading these posts, I am inspired to go out and get a set of Resurrection Eggs (I see there are also instructions for homemade ones online) and pass them out be...
Christmas Eve Activities
Asked by K.M. from Dallas
on September 12, 2008
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Hi Moms. It's getting close to the Holidays. Yippee!! We spend Christmas Eve with my husbands family. It is an all day affair. We get there very early in the morn...
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- Talk to all of your husband's siblings or their wives, get pictures and make a scrapbook or get one of those frames with like 20 pics, or a frame and make a collage fo...
- Hobby Lobby had a TON of Christmas Crafts Kits that will keep them busy.
- Play Bingo and have prizes to win (candy, stickers, $5 gift cards to sonic,etc) The winner could also pick someone's prize or get a new one- you could make christmas ...
Share Your Ideas of Family Gatherings & Traditions
Asked by C.M. from Detroit
on September 13, 2010
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Hello Mama's
I have tried to pull my and my in-laws families together once a month for game nights, family dinners ect in order to create a family tradition(i have ...
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- In my family and my in-laws family, the gatherings are at the family matriarchs house. She is the one that is the glue that holds everyone together. She is the one p...
- Could you meet at a restaraunt in the area. Or maybe a park. Then everyone would have to help a bit or at least pay for their part of the check.
- Some people don't feel like they can plan or host such events.....so I would leave it at that..... As for activities.......I would suggest cards, board games, kick ...
Christmas Celebration Ideas?
Asked by O.B. from Seattle
on December 21, 2011
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I just wanted to get some ideas about Christmas celebration as this is a relatively new tradition for us. Is Christmas celebrated only on the 25th and at dinner time, ...
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- It all varies... culturally and regionally. There is no one single "correct" way or time. Some open presents on the Eve, some open on the day. Its up to you an...
- I am of Scandinavian heritage (Norwegian and Swedish) and we do most everything on Christmas Eve. We have Christmas Eve dinner early (starting sometime between 3-...
- Some of my favorite Christmas Traditions are happening before Christmas Day even comes. We do several things during the month of December that make Christmas special i...
Santa "Poll" How Do You "Incorporate" Santa in Your House??
Asked by 3.B. from Cleveland
on December 1, 2010
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My husband and I have 2 kids together, I have one from a previous relationship who is much older. Our kids are still too young to really "get" the whole santa thing, b...
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- Though my husband and I both grew up with "Santa," we've chosen not to incorporate that with our kids. We do celebrate St. Nicholas day on Dec.6, when everyone finds...
- Gifts under Nana's tree are there Xmas eve and those are from aunts and uncles and are for everyone (and, given that nana had 6 sons, 4 of whom have gotten married and...
- My husband grew up like yours ~ every gift was from Santa. I grew up that the gifts were from my parents & were under the tree for a while. We decided that the gifts w...
A Rock and a Hard Place
Asked by S.C. from Fort Wayne
on November 7, 2010
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My parents are divorced and have been for 30 years. My father has been re-married for almost 29 years and my mother has been for about 15. My stepmother and mother STI...
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- offer a brunch casserole(you bring) with your fathers family while they are cooking and then head to your mom's around 3...you have to do what feels good for you and y...
- You need to not worry about this for another minute. You just tell each side that you are going to start alternating the holidays. In other words, this year go to your...
- Two ideas: 1. have it at your place 2. alternate years and holidays with your mom and dad. Providing happy memories for your kids should take priority, and I ...
Its Better to Give than to Receive
Asked by K.R. from Dallas
on December 20, 2012
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So to lighten up from my question yesterday....what gift are you most excited about giving this holiday season?
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- I LOVE to give and wish I had MORE to give, but we all do what we can! As always, I am most excited about Christmas morning w/ just my kids and husband. Kids are bot...
- It has already been given. My daughter and I pooled funds to have a new microwave anonymously delivered to a friend of ours who is the single parent of three special n...
- My husband is already playing with his Traeger. :) It isn't like you can hide a smoker so he got it when I bought it. This will make the total outdoor cooking appara...
