Now that I have children, it's incredibly
important to me to build traditions for our holidays.
And I want those traditions to center around family, love, and faith.
Not gifts.
The Christmas season doesn't start in our house until the day
after Thanksgiving. You will NEVER find a Christmas tree in my
living room any sooner. Every holiday deserves it's turn and Thanksgiving
is no different.
Anyway, the Friday after Thanksgiving is all about decorating.
And since this changes from year to year, it's an all day event.
Dinner goes into the crock pot and we get started.
Christmas tree decorating can ONLY be done with
The Nightmare Before Christmas in the DVD player.
This is a key piece of the day.
That evening we always head downtown for a holiday event that
takes place in our town every year. We haven't missed one yet and don't plan to.
Hello? REAL reindeer and penguins?! Done.
Christmas Eve is for our family only. We have been lucky enough
to not have either side of the family plan a get together for Christmas Eve yet,
and I think as this point, if they did, we would skip it. It's OUR night with OUR kids.
And it's always a surf and turf dinner grilled by my amazing husband.
When it comes to gifts, we saw something on Pinterest once
that makes perfect sense for our family, and we've stuck to it for years now.
Our kids, from us, on Christmas Eve, get:
One thing they NEED.
One thing they WANT.
One thing they WEAR.
One thing they READ.
The NEED so far has always been new pajamas.
The WEAR so far has always been a new outfit for Christmas parties.
The READ is pretty self explanatory, except this year everyone is getting
as age appropriate art kit of some kind.
And the WANT so far has always been a new toy.
It makes shopping easier on us and we don't over buy. IT'S PERFECT.
They also get a group gift filled with snacks and a new Christmas movie.
Bet you can't guess how we end our Christmas Eve each year?
And on Christmas morning they wake up to stocking filled to the brim
from Santa and their "big" gift for the year (that guy gets all the credit).
Cameron has been hoping Santa brings him a remote control race car for weeks.
I can't wait to see the look on his face...
:)
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