Comments on: Begin your own Christmas traditions!

By: Mary (Mert)

Mary (Mert) — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:18:06 +0000

Wonderful list! Our traditions are making a gingerbread house, decorating the tree with music on, opening one gift on Christmas eve, open some gifts, pb&j coffee cake for breakfast, open more gifts.

By: Overwhelmed!

Overwhelmed! — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:56:53 +0000

I love all of these ideas! We’re starting some of these with our little family.

Any chance I can convince you to post your gingerbread waffles recipe on my my Favorite Ingredients Friday recipe exchange today?

By: The Random Yak

The Random Yak — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:56:52 +0000

Thursday Thirteen: Top 13 Least Popular Life Goals

Today’s Thursday 13�was inspired by the Random Maniyak’s Wednesday Thursday 13 “Most Popular Life Goals”.� After all, everyone always focuses on the things everyone wants to do, the goals they choose to set.��
In this season…

By: amy

amy — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:24:40 +0000

what a great list! we always go look at xmas lights and we don’t have our tree up yet but we do that as a family too! also we do st. nick’s day on dec. 5th and that’s when we get our stockings!

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:57:26 +0000

Thanks for a great 13! You’ve given me some great ideas to present to the family this year!

My 13 is up and running.

By: Angela (Robinson County)

Angela (Robinson County) — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:40:23 +0000

Mama Duck…you read my mind! I was just thinking yesterday that I needed to read up on traditions so we can start some with Norah. Thanks so much for the ideas–I love the pjs one!!

By: David

David — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:16:13 +0000

Great 13! You’ve done it again, Duckwoman! (OK

By: petunia

petunia — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:53:07 +0000

When I re-read your post I had missed that you don’t celebrate Santa Claus. I understand that. As a Christian I have many friends who feel the same. We have a tradition of telling the story of Saint Nicholas and the sock story every year. He heard God’s voice and did what he told him to do and saved a poor family from poverty and immorality. This is a good lesson about what it means to listen to God and to help others. We also talk about Santa being fun and silly and we all just play along like halloween. That way they don’t feel left out with their other friends and they can tell them the story of St. Nick.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:48:14 +0000

Awww, great list!

By: petunia

petunia — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:42:05 +0000

We have a wonderful Christmas/New Year tradition that starts on Christmas. My father opens a letter by writing “Merry Christmas” and telling a quick bit about the day and what has happened through the year. He ends his part by writing “now I turn the pen over to….” and then that person writes about their year. Each one writes throughout the week and even the little ones take a turn. Then it is finished by my mother who re-reads the letter and writes all the things we forgot. We put the letter in a safety deposit box and we don’t look at it for ten years. Every new years eve we read the letter from ten years ago. It is amazing the things we forget and it’s wonderful to read the writing of grandparents after they are gone and others who have stayed with us never to be seen again (like old girlfriends and boyfriends). It’s a wonderful tradition that we treasure and will for years to come. Now that we all have families of our own we all do it with our own families.