by Rob
We have read Christmas memories – now we want to know about your traditions!
(St. Lucia Day)
Do you have one which you have continued from your childhood and continued with your own children?
Did you discover a new one on your own and make that a part of your holiday celebration each year?
Were you so excited to learn a new one from a friend or in a book – you made it your very own?
We want to hear about them! As always, winners will be published and receive a set of their choosing.
Now for mine – Each year since the very first Christmas with the very first baby, my husband (known to most of you as the Big Biker Dude) has read “The Night Before Christmas” to our children on Christmas Eve.
As the children got older, Dad would make up some silliness in the middle of the story to the delight them and make them smile. Once he even “rapped” the story to the children.
The kids, now past their teen years still love to gather around dad and listen as he reads – only now the oldest (who flies in from Los Angeles where he works as a writer/director/editor) develops a newer, more up-to-date version of the story for Dad to read. No one can keep a straight face as he reads about the trials and tribulations of Santa who experiences technical problems with his high-tech sleigh and how he manages to pull off the night’s events in the long run.
The story seems to grow with the family and has become more about the love and closeness of family rather than the ribbons and festivities.
YOUR TURN!!!
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Subject: Christmas Challenge 2011
When our son was about 3, we put flour on the hearth for Santa to walk through to get to the table for his milk and cookies. He was thrilled and he has done this for his step-son. Baby powder can be used instead of the flour. Try it for your little one or ones. We used a boot also for this. It was FUN to see their eyes sparkle. Lila
I make lots of FSl lace ornaments and slip one into each of my relatives Christmas car.