Lynn, over at eclecticeducation is having a great contest on her blog. You have to write about your favorite Christmas memory as a parent. I really thought this was a fun contest, because I've read so many Christmas memories from when we were kids, but what about us as parents? I love it, so here is my favorite Christmas memory as a parent.
Well, truly, all Christmases are special to me. I love watching my kids open their presents, and see their smiling faces. And though I have many memories I would love to share, I will pick one. I guess it was about a year or two ago, I can't quite remember. Anyway, I was talking to the kids about setting up the Christmas tree. Now, I usually set up the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. Not sometime after Thanksgiving, but the day after. Well, that year we had decided to try a real tree and Paul had to work the day after Thanksgiving, so we had to put it up the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I was telling the kids that and they got this very sad look on their face. I asked them what was wrong. They answered, "Mom, it's tradition, we always put the Christmas tree up the day after Thanksgiving, we drink eggnog and we watch 'It's a Wonderful Life' while we are working on the tree. Then we put all the other decorations up around the house." Wow, I was so completely touched. I had never realized how much my kids enjoyed doing that and truly looked forward to it. That year we did wait until Saturday, but we had our tradition. We drank eggnog, watched 'It's a Wonderful Life' and decorated the tree and the house. And most years, like this one, we put it up the day after Thanksgiving. And this year, the countdown wasn't to Thanksgiving, it was to the day after to set up the Christmas tree. I know this isn't a Christmas 'day' memory, but it is a Christmas memory, and truly my favorite. To know how much my kids enjoy just being with their mom and dad, watching an old black and white movie and just enjoying our time together is a memory I will always treasure.
Make sure you stop by Lynn's blog and enter the contest. I can't wait to read other blogs and see what memories people have.
Thank you for participating! :) That is a very lovely memory. It's wonderful to know that our children will have lovely traditions to remember as they grow up. :)
We put ours up the day after Thanksgiving too! I don't think my kids are as fond of it as yours though, b/c I always seem to get left doing the decorating by myself. LOL.
I am a wife and mother of two. I started this blog to share the things the Lord shows me in my journey as a wife, mother, homeschool mom and His daughter. And in it all to "grow in the grace and knowledge of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
II Peter 3:18
I know this isn't a Christmas 'day' memory, but it is a Christmas memory, and truly my favorite. To know how much my kids enjoy just being with their mom and dad, watching an old black and white movie and just enjoying our time together is a memory I will always treasure.
