The Holidays have been a little different for us the last couple of years since moving 1500 miles from our families. Last year we spent Thanksgiving alone and had steak. Talk about a quiet Holiday. We were lucky enough to be able to go to OK this year for Thanksgiving, but working for a church…Christmas is never a good time for us to get away.
My parents will taking the trip out to Cali again this year for Christmas, and B’s parents will be here the week after Christmas. I’m so thankful for parents who care enough to make the trip out to spend Christmas with us! Although I’m sure this Christmas will be consumed with planning for Baby Girl & setting up her nursery…I’m fine with that! I am looking forward to next year and all it will bring with a little one crawling around trying to pull down the Christmas tree and being more excited about the boxes her gifts come in than her actual gifts.
The mother-in-law blogged about Christmas Traditions and wanting to start some new ones with a new generation coming. I agree! I loved Christmas as a kid (and still do!) and always looked forward to the fun traditions with my family. I want Christmas to be a wonderful time for our kids, and start some traditions that we can pass on to our kiddos.
What are some traditions that you and your family do?
What are some things your grandparents did/do for you, or you do for your grandkids?
We watch this movie!!! It’s A Wonderful Life. LOVE IT! I always watched it with my Dad growing up. My husband isn’t as into it as I am…….but my Father in law is! He LOVES that I will watch it with him every year now.
Since we lived in the same town as my grandparents we had the holiday tradition of our grandparents taking us out to eat and then we would go back to thier house to decorate thier tree that had ornaments for every grandchild on it. Every year my grandparents would buy us an oranment for their tree. Before they passed, they gave us all of our oraments from our lifetime and its suppose to carry on now in our households.. it was really special getting my first christmas ornament.
My family opens family gifts on Christmas eve *mostly clothes* and we would always have one family gift (nintendo (#1), sega, etc) and we would play it as a family. Good times.
Every year I buy special ornaments for each of my kids, usually commemorating something they are into that year. Main Place Mall, and some others have some really unique ornaments that are customizable with names and such.