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One of the best things about Christmas are the traditions that each family makes and continues to keep year after year.
One of my family's Christmas traditions is that every day, starting on the first Sunday of December, we read a chapter from our Advent book together. We have three special books, each telling the Christmas story in a different way, and we choose one to read each year. We like to make a big pot of hot chocolate, curl up by the fire(if we happen to have one at that moment) or around the table, and Mom or Dad will read out loud. We have been doing this ever since I can remember.
Some of our other traditions are 1) the siblings always draw names on Thanksgiving and we try to keep it a secret who we have and get a gift for that person. We open these gifts on Christmas Eve along with any other random sibling gifts, and we open all our gifts from our parents on Christmas morning. It's a lot of fun trying to keep yours a secret while trying to figure out who everyone else has and who has you. :) 2) Every Christmas morning we have a breakfast of Breakfast Casserole, cinnamon rolls, and orange juice/milk/egg nog. 3) We make a big feast of hors d'oeuvres and eat them on Christmas Eve.
a word from Chavonne:
Christmas is one of the absolute best holidays! You get LOADS of food to eat, candy, presents and you can hangout with friends and family. PLUS, you get to snowboard, ski, skate, snowmobile, etc. Definitely one of my favourite holidays. =D
Even though i love all the food i get to eat, and candy (and presents are great), i love seeing my family. I love my siblings faces when they open a gift that they've been wanting for a very long time. I love how everyone is always in such a good mood and smiling and laughing. I also love how Christmas morning is one of the ONLY mornings where teenagers will actually get up early. =P
Now, for those of you who are from German families or who know German families you've probably heard (or know) how German families will open all their gifts Christmas Eve. Now we don't open all of the gifts Christmas Eve at my place, but we do open 1 gift, and that's because we do have some German blood in us. We also have some other Christmas traditions like, some kids will sleep beside the Christmas tree, we always have Eggs Benedict (with different kinds of meat) for breakfast, and we always have some one hand out gifts. Now i'm not going to list all of our family traditions for Christmas, because that would just take to long. Just giving you a bit of a glimpse though of what Christmas is like with my family.
I hope you're Christmas is a very happy and wonderful Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone [:
p.s. I also love the Christmas music. Music can make anything and everything so much brighter and happier.
What are some of your Christmas traditions? :)
