Hey folks! It's hard to believe it's
Christmas in a few short days, isn't it? I am sure a lot of us are
still busy preparing. Speaking of which, I thought I would share some
of our own holiday traditions for fun today.
I'm cheating. I couldn't find the picture I was looking for. This is actually from Halloween a few years ago. :P
Baking Cookies
Who
doesn't
bake this time of year, right? Although I don't do nearly as much
year round as I used to, I still love baking certain cookies around
the holidays. Since we would all gain like 30 pounds if I baked all
the kinds of cookies I like to around this time of year, we don't
always bake the same things. Some years we make chocolate crinkle
cookies and Mexican wedding cakes (my favorite!), others we might
make gingerbread cookies and snickerdoodles.
Picking a Tree
We
are real tree fans all the way, so it's always fun going to a tree
farm to pick out the yearly Christmas tree. Plus, we use a log from
the previous year's tree to...
Make a Yule Log
This
is one of my favorite traditions we've adopted since moving to the
country. What does where we live have to do with anything?
Traditionally, it is meant to bring good luck for the coming year by
burning the Yule log. It's a lot easier to actually burn it living in
the country than the apartment in town we lived in before. ;) Plus,
we're all nature lovers, so it's fun to get Myka involved in helping
us pick out nature items to use to decorate our log.
Open a Few Presents Early
In
the past, we have let Myka open a small present (or two or three)
early for a few reasons. One being that I am terrible about waiting
to give people presents. Two, we actually celebrate the winter
solstice/Yule, which falls a few days before Christmas, so we let
them open a present for that. (We really just do the normal
“Christmas” stuff for the kids and because the rest of our
families do. We're the weirdos. :P) Finally, we want our kids to
appreciate their gifts and we're hoping this helps, as opposed to the
whole “open everything at once as quickly as possible” situation.
This is from last year. :)
Cute Picture for Holiday Cards
I
used to (secretly) get jealous of people's cutesy picture Christmas
cards before I had kids. Naturally, I've totally hopped on that
bandwagon since having my own kids. However, I'm a cheapskate and
take my own Christmas photo of the kids, hoping for the best, and
create cards on Walmart. It is what it is.
I ended up with 109 cards this year!
Christmas Cards for the Elderly
As
I've mentioned in several previous posts, I started a tradition last
year of making Christmas cards for local nursing home residents. I
love being crafty and have always had a soft spot for the elderly, so
I feel like it's my “good thing” for the year.
What
are some of your favorite winter holiday traditions?
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