Comments on: Family Traditions

By: Childs Play x2 — Because having one just wasn’t enough. » Titus Keegan Blagg

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:18:10 +0000

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By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:34:39 +0000

I think you’re well on your way to having fantastic family holidays for many years to come. It always amazes me that things that we’ve done, usually out of convenience, year after year, are now referred to as “traditions” by our kids. And if we try to alter them, they make a huge fuss. I kind of like that!

By: Mrs Aginoth

Mrs Aginoth — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:53:06 +0000

My parents solved the Xmas present problem by only putting them under the tree on Christmas eve & hiding them at my grandparents house before then – I think it started the year I had just turned four & my big sister gleefully showed me where mummy hid the Santa presents – I was devestated:-)

I love the idea of a family day, but not sure if I could make it work in practise as the kids all get older. As a child we always had Sunday lunch together, but it was usually preceeded & followed by someone rushing off to something. We try to sit down to a family meal most nights, but it doesn’t always work.

However, we have a family hobby – something we all do together. In our case it’s re-enactment, but it could be anything (i always wanted it to be cycling).

By: roxanne

roxanne — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 04:23:14 +0000

here are a few “traditions” that i was raised with and now share with my children…

-saturdays are sacred in our home…this is our “family time”. it is dad, mom, son, and daughter.(exceptions…birthday parties, weddings…)
-first sunday of the month is “extended family” dinner. we always get together at my house same time, same menu!
-we have even made cleaning a “tradition”…all week long i do on-the-surface cleaning but come friday, EVERYONE pitches in to do the major cleaning.(we are usually done by 5:00, 5:30 and the rest of the weekend is OURS!)
holiday traditions:
-we get together the friday after thanksgiving and buy the “family trees” (one for the little ones and the main tree)then on the 1st saturday in december, we all get together to feast and trim the trees. the little ones love this because their tree is the one that gets displayed at the front window.
-christmas eve eve: bake all the sugary goodies to be eaten on christmas eve(our family celebrates christmas eve)
christmas eve: lots of family, friends, neighbors, food, fun and games
- 11:59pm christmas eve: “santa” begins to pass out the christmas gifts.
-new years day: everyone comes together to take down christmas trees (we make menudo, buneulos, and tamales for this occasion)

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:52:42 +0000

Looking forward to it!

By: ieatcrayonz

ieatcrayonz — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:19:42 +0000

You are such an overachiever. I love this idea, and hope I can come up with something good enough to grace the cover of your blog. I think I’m having a little performance anxiety.

Must breathe…s

P.S. We do the ornament thing too, and as a kid I already knew what I got for Christmas. I was a skilled open and close Christmas present peeker. My inablilty to hold out for Christmas presents is the same reason I cannot keep a secret to this day.

By: tpon

tpon — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:42:02 +0000

I, too, come from a very small family, lacking in good traditions. But your note about staying in bed made me think of a funny holiday story that I will do my best to replicate at Casa T’pon.

For years, my parents did a fantastic job of concealing the actual DAY of christmas. I knew it was coming, but never knew the exact date… so, my parents were able to sleep in on the particular morning and wake me up at a reasonable hour and SURPRISE Santa had come!

Until someone bought me an advent calendar… that year, I was awake and opening gifts at 4:30 AM.

Now, I realize how much fun it would be to keep that kind of morning excitement… it is coming, you just don’t know when…