We love doing the traditional things here...tree, deocrations, making candy and cookies...having a big dinner of turkey and ham and all the fixings, etc. BUT we also know what we are celebrating and the kids do to. I like having that comfortable feeling..the feeling of warmth and friends and family, of tradition that hopefully our children will continue! I love the smells of the holiday season too....like my parents house on Christmas Eve...it smells the same as it did when I was growing up.....the food cooking, the candies being made, the cookies and pies baking, the real Christmas tree, the holiday scent of cinnamon................awwwwwwwwww
I think sometimes, it would be fun to "shake it up" a bit...get away from the "holiday madness" the "commerical holiday" etc. It has become too commerical anymore.......my parents have a cabin and every year I ask if we can have Christmas there........sit by the fireplace, have some cocoa and play games....just some nice time together, as a family.......with no stress, no worries...just being together as a family and being thankful for all we have been blessed with!