Christmas Traditions

[hartygirl]

Good Thread!
We have a christmas pickle. It's very fun!
But my favorite tradition is watching Braveheart with my mom and brother! Weird I know but we watch it every year and even though I am way far away from them we watch it at the same time and call during our favorite parts. Were lameos! But I love my fam!!!
My favorite childhood tradition is waiting to put baby Jesus in his manger in our Nativity.

[Suzy]

My in-laws always watch Goonies on Thanksgiving...I would imagine this would carry over to Christmas if we celebrated it with them!

[Suzy]

We're starting our own Christmas traditions this year-it's our first year NOT traveling...we're just going to spend it alone, together, as it's our first Christmas in our house together. We're planning on starting traditions, not sure what they'll be though, but I'll share some other ones my family has:

I MUST watch Home Alone on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

There is always Mistletoe hung somewhere in my grandparents' house-I picked some up yesterday, and hung it in my house It's a tradition I think I'll start! So far, I've caught DH twice!

My family is huge on stocking stuffers, and being secretive about who put what in them-we all buy each other small gifts and secretly fill the stockings.

We also always joke that it's not Christmas unless someone cries and someone goes to the ER ! LOL, it's not a tradition you'd look forward to, but we laugh about it

[fannie]

On Christmas Eve, we let the kids open one gift each and then a family gift. It's always jammies for them and a new movie. So we make up a huge thing of taco salad and everyone puts on their new jammies and we watch our movie.

This year, I got dh and I new jammies too! lol

[Shelby&Seymour]

We usually have something different every year.....family out of state so we travel (it isn't always the same time every year).
A tradition that I have done for about 7-8 years now is one that I really enjoy....... and a tradition that isn't too late for some of you to start!!!

Every year I pick out a person.... one that I do NOT normally exchange a gift with, and send them a FTD Christmas Floral arrangement. I try to decide on someone who maybe had a rough year. Last year it was for a friend that moved away from family and it was her first Christmas away from them. I haven't sent this years out yet!..... but I will be doing that soon.

People really love getting something special at a time when they need a "pick me up".... In previous years, I have sent this to a friend, a cafeteria worker at work, my friends Mom, My Aunt, a gal at work, & an old neighbor (in our old neighborhood).