Tis the season for festive fun and family traditions! What are some of your Christmas traditions or activities that you MUST do every Christmas holiday? Are you an ugly sweater type of crew? Is it mandatory to keep eggnog in the house? Me: I like to decorate the house and the tree as a family and when we get snowed in, I gotta have warm blankets, hot cocoa, comfy pjs and enjoy a movie day inside snuggled up!
When my grandma was still with us, we would spend Christmas Eve at her house opening presents and enjoying each other’s company. Since her passing, there’s no tradition. There’s also co-parenting now that I’m divorced, so my daughter spends every other Christmas with me.
Now that the kids are off to school and beyond we don’t do it anymore. But, we used to wrap up 24 books and put them under the tree on December 1st. They got to open one each night and that is the one that was read before bed. As they got a little older we added a few movies and holiday activities.
This has been my year to re-invent myself and among the things I'm addressing is Christmas. I haven't put up any decorations at all for quite a few years now and being in a new place, new area, this year I've changed that. I love the look and the feel and know I'm not going to have a Christmas again without at least a decorated tree!
Trudging through the snow to see Christmas lights, then heading back in to warm up with blankets, hot cocoa, and a Christmas movie are top tier <3
cHQUOTE="Old Nick, post: 1472003, member: 9376"]When my grandma was still with us, we would spend Christmas Eve at her house opening presents and enjoying each other’s company. Since her passing, there’s no tradition. There’s also co-parenting now that I’m divorced, so my daughter spends every other Christmas with me.[/QUOT Christmas's with Grandparents are always the best! We also used to open our presents on Christmas Eve. Christmas day was usually reserved for "Recovery" for the adults after all the Christmas Eve excitement! I didn't know this was what they were doing until I grew up lol!
I wish you luck on your journey of re-invention. I know it is not an easy task. I'm glad you finally were able to decorate again and I agree don't go with out at least a decorated tree! One year I had misplaced the pole that the branches attach to for my tree. I didn't want to buy a new one so I spread out all the branches and decorated my Christmas bush! After Christmas was over and it was time to put things away I found the pole next to where the box had originally been stored. Turns out I didn't too hard to find it lol!
Yes! I love seeing all the beautiful Christmas lights! I really enjoy when entire neighborhoods get festive!
I LOVE going out and looking at the lights, I don't think I've ever seen a town where so many people decorate as they do here in this place in Wisconsin. The lights reflecting against the snow is so gorgeous!
so this is going to date be a bit but here goes. Back in the good ol days, (when grandma was alive and the family not split apart) We would gather at Grandmas house in Pratt on Christmas Eve and have a meal. We would watch an old show called Toyboy and Santa's workshop We would also watch the orignal NORAD Santa Tracker to see how close to our area Santa was. Sadly, it is just me and my mom these days, she is divorced, my family lives in Kansas and Wyoming. Mom and I now will watch Christmas movies like Santa Claus, Elf, A dog named Christmas, Prancer and a few others. We will usally bake a ham and some tators and just have a quiet day at home. We also usally go neighborhood cruising and looking at the lights.
I really like this tradition! Meals where the family gathers at the dinner table are the best! Especially when followed with movies! I hope you have a great holiday!
I forgot about Prancer, that's a good movie! My kids love watching Santa on the NORDAC tracker. They even offer to send kids texts from Santa now <3
Christmas eve I would always make a new england boiled dinner, which consists of boiled ham, cabbage and potatoes. Also I always watch the movie, a Christmas story.
I always follow Santa on NORAD Santa tracker and post little updates on Facebook. I like to watch the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol (Scrooge) On Christmas morning, after opening presents and emptying my stocking, I would put stocking on my foot... I have an Angel tree topper rather than star... She goes on first to oversee the decoration of the tree!
Same for me and my brothers growing up. We also made the rounds to my dad’s house and my brothers’ dad’s place when he had one, otherwise he’d visit us.
Every year since 2007, on Christmas Eve, I watch the 1988 Bill Murray movie Scrooged. I only watch the movie once a year, only on Christmas Eve. Also, there is the traditional Christmas meal of homemade ravioli.
We opened gifts and did Christmas dinner, basically the whole 9 yards on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day was reserved for the "recovery period" for all the hungover adults lol!
It’s really good. He makes like 200 of them. Takes a long time so he gets his kids and grandkids in to help.
WOW! This takes me back to my childhood trauma lol! I remember trying to run and hide when it was time to make tamales lol! Grandma called it help too lol! Honestly those were some of the best times.
Those sound amazing ways to spend time during the holidays. For me it’s putting up the Christmas tree and watching a Christmas vacation and Die Hard.
You’re welcome and yes that was my grandma’s favorite Christmas movie so now I watch it every Christmas to remember her. It’s my favorite movie to watch on Christmas Day.
I must admit I don't know anything about Alistair Sim. I am going to watch this movie. Thanks for sharing!
