tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14638671.post6601671483621183953..comments2023-04-12T04:43:37.366-05:00Comments on a time to eat: Just in time for the Holidayskeely http://www.blogger.com/profile/12687329193962275128noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14638671.post-42012374167802419422009-12-20T01:33:08.448-06:002009-12-20T01:33:08.448-06:00My family started a tradition a few years ago wher...My family started a tradition a few years ago where several of the ladies get together each holiday season to exchange homemade Christmas ornaments. It is always fun to come up with a creative and budget-friendly ways to make new ornaments (this year I used a yardstick), and even more fun to reminisce through the ornaments year after year. I know that some of these ornaments will have greater significance years down the road, and I cherish this.Crystallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508296340467623098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14638671.post-48678824922276125362009-12-05T08:08:01.993-06:002009-12-05T08:08:01.993-06:00The day after Christmas, my mom and I get up early...The day after Christmas, my mom and I get up early and hit up the after Christmas sales. Amidst buying wrapping paper (cause Santa Claus print still covers gifts in July, people) and other discounted holiday accoutrements, we find a Christmas ornament for each of our family members. It may sound simple but it is not. You want to pick an ornament that reflects the family member as they are now and as they will be next year. That's right! We take the ornaments, put them in the attic, and give them out the next Christmas Eve. It is awesome. Each year, when we decorate our tree, we relive some great moments: Daniel embarrassedly puts up his Grover from 17 years ago, Sarah hangs up her rocking horse that she had a temper tantrum over 23 years ago, etc. Personally, I have a collection of Star Trek ornaments that I may or may not decorate in battle configurations from my favorite episodes. The ornaments are uniquely you, but more importantly, they are uniquely family, my family.Becky Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181042594623436645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14638671.post-80677174261298841882009-12-05T07:35:49.856-06:002009-12-05T07:35:49.856-06:00Each Christmas Eve we were allowed to open one pre...Each Christmas Eve we were allowed to open one present, always new pajamas. And we always attended a Christmas Eve service.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09525890489342635502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14638671.post-40726963051055959822009-12-05T07:35:48.959-06:002009-12-05T07:35:48.959-06:00Each Christmas Eve we were allowed to open one pre...Each Christmas Eve we were allowed to open one present, always new pajamas. And we always attended a Christmas Eve service.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09525890489342635502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14638671.post-77917021670269506522009-12-05T00:05:54.419-06:002009-12-05T00:05:54.419-06:00We light candles in lanterns every night of Advent...We light candles in lanterns every night of Advent and say a short liturgy together. We also spread out the gift giving/opening over the twelve days of Christmas rather than one big hurrah where things get lost and ignored.<br /><br />Both of these things slow us down in a season where it is entirely too easy to rush around.neighbourhood.galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312982850571575165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14638671.post-7028539364335962342009-12-04T18:43:05.521-06:002009-12-04T18:43:05.521-06:00My family never made a nice Christmas dinner and I...My family never made a nice Christmas dinner and I always wished we would have. My husband's family pulls out all the stops on Christmas. So I want to make sure we do that.whitneyingramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15476068410689088333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14638671.post-82012463192822812652009-12-04T17:52:17.566-06:002009-12-04T17:52:17.566-06:00We'll be making a gluten free gingerbread hous...We'll be making a gluten free gingerbread house every year. I never got to make them as a kid and I can't wait to start with Adia. We also make handprint ornaments every year.Crysihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00520953718346129190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14638671.post-32537785544596824952009-12-04T17:44:55.320-06:002009-12-04T17:44:55.320-06:00the tradition I plan on keeping is that every year...the tradition I plan on keeping is that every year, on the day after THanksgiving, my family would go to the local CHristmastree farm and cut down a real tree and decorate it. Mark and I did that this year, and we plan on doing that in our family every year. (-:<br /><br />~KathrynA Nerd and A Free Spirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05143765099100795398noreply@blogger.com