I love traditions. I like when they form naturally and are not "forced." I enjoy the random little things that are unique to each family or person; and sometimes the weirder the better.
When my brother Jeff and I were about three and four years old, we asked Santa for our own box of Cheerios for Christmas; we were tired of sharing the box for breakfast and each wanted the toy that came with it. So that year there were two boxes of Cheerios under the tree. And every year thereafter, we each got our own box of cereal as part of our Christmas loot. When Chris and Ben joined the group, they also got their own box of cereal. As we got older, we started to get sugar cereal (a rare treat). To this day, there is cereal from Santa under the tree. And when Kevin came along, he also got his own box of cereal. My parents almost didn't do it one year, and the boys and I pitched a fit. A Christmas without cereal is breaking the traditional spirit. It is a small thing, and kind of silly to some, but for the boys and I, it is just a part of the holiday. Much like the tree and stockings, we look forward to it every year.
What are your traditions?
3 comments:
That's a fun tradition! One that we inadvertently started last year was to get the boys one big, joint, fun present from Santa. Last year we got them a little red wagon from Santa. Of coarse, something like a red wagon is obviously a joint present. So this year we wanted to get them a train set... also something that really needs to be a joint present. So after they go to bed, we will be setting up the train set for them to enjoy Christmas morning. We intend to do that every year now... Santa gets the big, joint presents. Individual big presents (the REALLY cool stuff) is from Mom and Dad. Because Mom and Dad HAVE to be cooler than "Santa." Maybe if we have girls we'll have two joint presents, one for each gender. We'll see.
Christmas caroling!!! Big family+lots of singing skill = great Christmas carolers. I miss it every year when I don't get to go. :-(
Since my grandma is English, we always get those Christmas crackers (no, not the food) with the fun paper hats and toys inside. Christmas dinner without a paper crown is NOT Christmas dinner.
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