Christmas is a special time of remembering! Remembering the birth of Chirst is always my first thought. Then remembering special moments with my family! Christmas traditions are treasured in my family and we look forward every year to the start of the Season!
Our pottery Nativity Scene gets unwrapped and placed on the desk in the living room. Opening the box of Christmas trees ornaments has always been fun for Jen and Kevin as children, now Sage and Prescott dig into the pile of home made ornaments and start loading the lower branches! Bells from Tony's mom, "framed" pictures of Bella and Carter, wooden penguins made by Kevin and Deanna, Jen's stitched stockings... Pumpkin Bread in little loaves for friend gifts and Kevin and Jen! (I still make the loaves, but now I use my Apple Cake Mix and add a can of pumpkin! It tastes exactly the same and it's so quick!) So many fond memories of decorations and meals together!
Traditions! There are so many when you start listing the things that make your family and your Christmas your own! I'd love for you to share a few family traditions with me! It will make me feel a part of your family too! Tony and I wish you a Merry First Week of Christmas!
I have an advent calendar that is a wall-hanging that my mother made for me when I was 2 years old. It is made of felt with 25 cute ornaments with hand-sewn embellishments that are pinned on a green felt Christmas tree. Growing up, my brothers & I would all take turns pinning that day's ornament on the "tree". She gave it to me when Beau was born and for the past 16 years, he & I put a new ornament on the tree every morning during December before he leaves for school.
Another tradition is our family's stockings. My grandmother knitted stockings for everyone ~ new babies, new spouses, etc. They are all basically the same with your name & your birth year on it. My grandmother passed away last Christmas and now my mother is the one that knits the stockings.
And don't get me started on the food traditions!!
Merry Christmas,
Tracey
Posted by: Tracey Mizell | December 11, 2007 at 02:23 PM
Go ahead Tracey - please get started on the food traditions!
Posted by: Evelyn Roughton | December 18, 2007 at 01:18 PM