Celebration traditions

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Celebration traditions
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Sun, 12-10-2006 - 11:31am

Regardless of which of the December holidays are celebrated, it always seems to feel good to have traditions, things that you do year after year.  Begun in childhood or created later on, do you do something every year that if you didn't, would feel like something was missing?


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 12-10-2006 - 12:47pm

Bake gingerbread cookies!!

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Registered: 02-08-2005
Sun, 12-10-2006 - 2:15pm
IMO, a Christmas wouldn't be right if you aren't surrounded by family and friends. We all stay so busy throughout the year, that often times the holidays are one way for all friends and family to get together. That is one of my fav things about Christmas, being w/your friends & family.
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sun, 12-10-2006 - 2:43pm
While we mainly celebrate Christmas, for a very long time now we also celebrate Hannaka with some friends.

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Registered: 04-22-2003
Sun, 12-10-2006 - 3:13pm

We had wonderful traditions at home until 1963, when my paternal grandmother died on Christmas Eve.


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Registered: 09-12-2005
Sun, 12-10-2006 - 3:43pm

I would have to say decorating the tree... 3 years ago when we moved to Germany all of our stuff was on the ship coming over here, and it was










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Registered: 04-22-2003
Sun, 12-10-2006 - 3:50pm

I'm sure you wouldn't want a tradition of a hotel Christmas, but it certainly made a wonderful, warm memory!


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Registered: 06-24-2004
Sun, 12-10-2006 - 4:35pm
Other than getting together with family and friends we have no 'tradition'.

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Registered: 10-06-2003
Sun, 12-10-2006 - 5:50pm

I am trying to carry on traditions that I learned as a child or enjoyed. Today my family and I busily baked assorted treats, cookies, and candies to celebrate the season. We also watched a Charlie Brown Christmas! It was my favorite as a child and still is.

A new tradition is packing ourselves into the car with a bag of popcorn and cups of cocoa and going to the rotary lights display. You can walk through the path of lights and it is beautiful.

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Registered: 05-08-2003
Sun, 12-10-2006 - 9:04pm
Some of our Christmas traditions are a family get together on Xmas Eve, the reading of the Night Before Christmas and opening one gift each are a couple of other Christmas Eve traditions.

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Sun, 12-10-2006 - 9:29pm
We always open one present before going to bed on Christmas eve.

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