Holiday traditions?

[ytsirk27]

ANybody have any?
For Thanksgiving we go have dinner at Jeffs mom and dads and spend the after noon and than in the evening of Thankksgiving grandma and granpa and all the grandkids put up the Chritmas tree. Than the next day i make a big dinner for just us. We sit around the table and each one sayd somthing they are thankful for and than we put up our tree!

For Christmas. on Christmas Eve we go to Jeffs Parents and have presents, dinner and just quality Family time. Than on Christmas we get up open presents and than we ALL sit and make breakfast and than I cook a dinner for the day!

[jager]

Thanksgiving we go to my grandparents (they are both in their 80's so most holidays are spent with them, plus I am an only child & my family is very small... bf is great about it too )....christmas eve is at my moms....then Christmas day we spend with my bf's family....

[OLIVIA_KARHIS]

well for thanksgiving (when I am back home) we go to my gandmas and eat THEN go to my dads side of the family.. it mostly at my aunts house. eat and watch FOOT BALL lol

Here, I just make me and my husband a small thanksgiving dinner, unless we have people over.. then watch the snow fall while drinking coffie... unless we have guys over we watch food ball lol.

For X-mas (back home) me and my brother (my mom and dad helped when we where smaller) would put up the tree about 2 weeks before. THen on x-mas morning me and my brother get up REALLY early, just like when we where kids and wake my parents up. cant brake tradition lol

then we ALL go to the living room and open up the gife and play with whatever we got while mom is cooking up breakfest.

Then we go to my grandmas. Eat, play, talk and cath up on the durt lol and open gift... then we help clean up and OFF to my dads side of the family.. its mostly at my aunts... to eat, talk and make fun of each other while we open gifts. ALSO while watching foot ball DUH lol Then about 9 or so we are off back home scent my parets always have to work the next day, unless its on a weekend..

Here, When we get up, I start cooking xman "lunch" while I am cooking breakfest for us lol.. then we open are gift and eat. after that I make hot coco and we make a snow man and woman lol depending how much snow we have.

[ytsirk27]

Originally Posted by OLIVIA_KARHIS

well for thanksgiving (when I am back home) we go to my gandmas and eat THEN go to my dads side of the family.. it mostly at my aunts house. eat and watch FOOT BALL lol

Here, I just make me and my husband a small thanksgiving dinner, unless we have people over.. then watch the snow fall while drinking coffie... unless we have guys over we watch food ball lol.

For X-mas (back home) me and my brother (my mom and dad helped when we where smaller) would put up the tree about 2 weeks before. THen on x-mas morning me and my brother get up REALLY early, just like when we where kids and wake my parents up. cant brake tradition lol

then we ALL go to the living room and open up the gife and play with whatever we got while mom is cooking up breakfest.

Then we go to my grandmas. Eat, play, talk and cath up on the durt lol and open gift... then we help clean up and OFF to my dads side of the family.. its mostly at my aunts... to eat, talk and make fun of each other while we open gifts. ALSO while watching foot ball DUH lol Then about 9 or so we are off back home scent my parets always have to work the next day, unless its on a weekend..

Here, When we get up, I start cooking xman "lunch" while I am cooking breakfest for us lol.. then we open are gift and eat. after that I make hot coco and we make a snow man and woman lol depending how much snow we have.

That sounds really nice. I didnt have the best Familt childhhod when growing up so it was really important to me to have traditions with my kids.

[simonandhallie]

This thread makes me kind of sad I don't really have any traditions and this year my mom is spending Thanksgiving with her sisters nad my dad is taking his family to Virginia so it will just be me and the monkeys for Turkey Day. I think that perhaps I will start a new tradition this year

My mom will be visiting for Christmas though and we have a silly tradition of making home-made lasagna for dinner. We've been doing it for years now and it's so much fun. And we always sneak out gifts from Santa for Simon & Hallie.

[ytsirk27]

Originally Posted by simonandhallie

This thread makes me kind of sad I don't really have any traditions and this year my mom is spending Thanksgiving with her sisters nad my dad is taking his family to Virginia so it will just be me and the monkeys for Turkey Day. I think that perhaps I will start a new tradition this year

My mom will be visiting for Christmas though and we have a silly tradition of making home-made lasagna for dinner. We've been doing it for years now and it's so much fun. And we always sneak out gifts from Santa for Simon & Hallie.

You'll still have a great time with the monkeys!! I dont spend the hoidays with my family...my moms worthless and my dad is not a family man so to speak so i have jeffs family.. My granmother is wonderful but she lives 12 hrs away and I cant afford to go up there this year!

[LuvMySissy]

This Thanksgiving we will have dinner at my Mom's house around 1:00 and then just chill. Probably some shopping that Friday. And then Christmas decorating during the weekend - tree up, lights on the house and yard.

For Christmas it has always been tradition to open the family gifts (from/to me & hubby and from the kids) on Christmas Eve during the day. The kids always got their clothes from mom & dad Christmas Eve as they always got new PJ's so they looked nice and coordinated for the morning. Christmas eve we go to mass around 4:00 and then we'll go to my mom's for family Christmas gift exchanging and dinner there. Christmas morning, the kids usually open stockings first - then their gifts. Then I make a big breakfast and after everyone gets showered and dressed we go to the show during the afternoon.

This year, however, things will be different. My daughter will be working Christmas Eve during the day, but will make it to my mom's. I think she is spending that night here, so she'll get her stocking and gifts in the morning. My son moved to S. Carolina last week and won't be home. So, I'm trying to talk my hubby into going there for a couple days, but I don't think it will happen. He has always hated opening gifts on Christmas Eve, so maybe we'll start fresh and do everything on Christmas!!