• Dec. 1, 2006
What are some of your Christmas Traditions?
I had intended on posting this the other day, but then I had my "faux paux", and had to blog about that instead...so now that I have recovered...and I have caffeine in my system...
I love Christmas time. I love the magic in the kids eyes, the excitement for the upcoming holiday. Our girls love the Nativity Story...they could hear it over and over again. We have at least 3 movies about the Nativity, and they watch each one numerous times starting the day after Thanksgiving.
For us, the day after Thanksgiving starts our Christmas celebrations. That is the day we put the Christmas tree up (unless he has to work like this year...then we put it up his first day off.) We pull out all the Christmas CDs...always playing "Run, Run, Rudolf" first thing, much to my chagrin...and start the arduous task of putting up our Christmas tree.
The Man and I bought our Christmas tree 11 years ago this year. Eleven years ago, I did not have three children. I did not have to find a *place for every. single. thing. three children own. So, I had a syndrome called~ "Bigger is Better." This syndrome, over the protests of The Man, caused me to insist that we needed the very gorgeous, very big...and very expensive Christmas tree we have today.
Each year, I dread finding a place to put that tree...in fact, you can read about this years trials here. I dread the two hours it is going to take to put on 1200 lights...and I whine to The Man that I want a pre-lit tree. Since The Man is wonderful, he would buy me one in a heartbeat (just to get me to zip my lip, I am sure)...except that I can never find one I like nearly as much as this one. So grudgingly, I put up our tree, and when it is all done, I fall in love all over again. I then tell The Man "see, we don't need a pre-lit tree!" Completely rational I think!
But isn't it pretty?
We don't have many...but here are some of our other traditions:
~Reading Luke Chapter 2 throughout the month...especially on Christmas Eve.
~Watching all the old Christmas movies from when we were kids.
~Driving to see Christmas lights after evening services.
~New Jammies to open on Christmas Eve
~Santa leaves the stockings on the foot of the girls beds, so they can open them as soon as they wake up.
This year, I found something I think we might add to our traditions. Homeschool Radio Shows has the radio show "The Cinnamon Bear" to listen to. It is 26-fifteen minute episodes. We have been listening to one a night, and we should be done Christmas Eve. The girls are really enjoying coloring the coloring pages for each episode while listening to the story. It is times like these where I long to be able to keep them little forever...but, Internet, they are just not cooperating :/
Comments
• Dec. 3, 2006
Tree
Posted by cbinco
The tree looks good there! We need to see a close up though, I can't see your lovely ornaments!
Hope you had a good weekend.
~Christy
• Dec. 7, 2006
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Posted by WagsWife
You know, I keep meaning to add close up pictures of the tree...but I forget. I didn't get them that day because, I had not "fixed" it yet. I let the girls put them (ornaments) on...and then I balance it out a bit :)
