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Christmas Traditions
I feel like we may have talked about this before, but I can't recall exactly.
Any Christmas traditions that you LOVE/plan to do for years to come?
Re: Christmas Traditions
We do a Christmas brunch with my family instead of dinner. Although we're not this year since my sister will be working on Christmas (Boo Disney!). This year we'll be drinking together on Christmas Eve Eve and do our celebrating on the 24th.
DH and I always watch the Muppet Christmas Carol when we decorate the tree.
This year is going to be different for us since I have to work on Christmas morning. MIL and SIL are coming over after I'm home from work and it will be just the 4 of us. We'll exchange gifts and make a late lunch. I think we're having perogis this year.
In the past our normal tradition is to either go to MIL's house or have them come here first thing in the morning to open presents. Then we would go to H's grandparent's for breakfast, more presents and then lunch. H's grandparent's are going OOT this year so we're having Christmas on the 15th with them.
Another tradition I like is getting together with my mom and stepdad. We pick a date mid-December and have a big dinner and gift exchange. They live in my hometown and usually go OOT for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's nice to have a day to spend with them.
I've grown up meeting on Christmas Eve with the same other families that still have all their other relatives in Argentina. Every year would be at someone else's house, with a big Christmas Eve feast that everyone contributes too and presents were opened at midnight. Then we'd all sleep over at that house.
I plan to do a version of that going forward except for this year since I can't travel.
We'll do Christmas Day at the in-laws which is when they celebrate it anyway.
My sister and I got to open one gift on Christmas Eve.
We spend Christmas Eve at the same family friend's house (for as long as I can remember) and the mom gives the four of us "girls" pajamas every year.
On Christmas Day, we spend the morning with my mom's family where my aunt makes brunch. Then we go to someone's house on my dad's side of the family. Here my great-aunt wears the same poinsettia shirt and santa hat and passes out gifts one at a time while everyone watches. Some years it's at my parents' house and both sides come to their house (these are the best years - no driving!).
We always play board games.
My uncle always makes a hot red wine drink.
We would always go to my grandma's house in Virginia. On Christmas morning we open Santa presents, and then all throughout the day various family members would come by the house to visit. There was a big afternoon lunch with tons of family. Sadly, my grandma passed last year, and the rest of the family is feuding amongst themselves and won't visit because so-and-so is going to be there. Christmas won't ever be the same again... I hope we will be able to start new traditions.
This year we are going to DH's family's house. It will just be us, his parents, and his brothers - no other family at all. I try to enjoy myself but I get sad being away from the huge family gathering I'm used to. But then I remind myself that even if I were in Virginia, things wouldn't be the same.
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These two things are us too.
We did this as well & I loved it. I'd like to continue with our kids.
My mom's side of the family is Italian and Christmas Eve is always the feast of the 7 fishes. I will NEVER let that die.
Christmas morning we always do stocking stuffers and then we make eggs benedict and mimosas and get shitty as we open gifts....I would like to continue this as well. lol
When I'm in NJ I go to my BFF's family's for christmas eve and eat the pasta while they eat fish.
Christmas morning is one-at-a-time present opening with wrapping-paper basketball. Presents come only AFTER breakfast, which is usually pretty spectacular with my dad's pancakes and omlettes. I'm wondering if it would be wrong to ask him to make breakfast while he is a guest in my house... ...
If we go to my aunt's in NJ it is just lots of talking and laughing all night. If we stay at my parents' and do small (or like this year when they are coming here) , there will be drinking and board games and awesomeness.
How is it that my BABY is going to be 3?
BFP-2/25/11; 8 Wk U/S-3/25/11-No HB, measured 6.5 wks; D&C