Today is day two of the MomDot (the site for Mom Blogs) Christmas Party.  If you haven’t already, you should definitely join in. Not only are we all getting to know each other over at MomDot, there’s also prizes involved!!! Today’s topic:

Traditions, what are some of your favorite family traditions? What are some traditions you want to begin?

Our biggest tradition is just being together – whether it be Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any other holiday we come up with, we like to spend it together.  For all of my life, we spend the holidays together.  Now, this may mean celebrating a holiday on a day other than the day it is marked on the calendar, but somehow we come together.  In fact togetherness is so important that last year, so that my brother would not spend Thanksgiving alone, the girls and I loaded up and drove and stayed in Arizona so that we can spend the few hours he was allowed off base each day with him that week. 

What other traditions do we have? 

 

• Let’s see Dad makes the turkey, Mom makes the mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese, and I make the banana pudding.  This is our responsibilities no matter why we are all gathering or where.
• During the time we are out for Thanksgiving, we go take Christmas pictures at Sears.
• Turkey Day = Dallas Cowboys!  Yep, no one is allowed to have anything on the family TV but our Cowboys. (I dream one day of watching this game in person) We’ll also watch the UT/A&M game during Thanksgiving week!!
• Decorating the house is a family occurrence.  We go all out. Christmas is everywhere, and putting everything in its perfect place is a family.  We do everything together except the ornaments on the tree. Placing the ornaments on the tree is my job. I do it late at night when everyone is fast asleep. It’s my peaceful entry into the Christmas season. 
• Cameron spends every Christmas morning at home (well except for last year when we spent the entire time at Disney). We then load up and go to my parent’s house for lunch and early afternoon family time. The day is ended with Christmas dinner with my grandmother and other dad.  So every Christmas Day we have 3 Christmas’s.  
• Christmas cards are placed around the doorway to the hall. Mistletoe is hung in this doorway also.
• Santa uses Disney Christmas paper on all the presents he leaves at our house. Mom uses generic Christmas paper.

Now as for traditions, I’d like to start. 

 

• I’ve heard of families that open one present on Christmas Eve.  I’ve thought that sounds neat.
• I’ve also heard of families that make that one person pajamas so everyone wears their new pajamas to bed on Christmas Eve and then look cute in the early morning Christmas pics.  I really like that idea and thought of buying matching pjs for us.
• One day I will learn to make the turkey so that I can do that when it’s Cameron bringing the grandkids to my house.

I’m sure there’s more…I’m going to read other people’s posts and find some more great traditions we can start.