My husband and I try to make Christmas a memorable time for our children. We have great memories from our childhood Christmas’s not because of what was under our Christmas tree, but because of the memories that we made with our families. I want to share some of our new and old traditions with you today!
- We try to teach our children that Christmas is about Jesus Christ and being a blessing to others in the same ways that we have been blessed.
- The real reason behind the season of Christmas is Jesus Christ. We always attend a special worship service that reflects the love of Jesus through music or a play. Our church serves free cups of hot tea, chocolate, and coffee.
- We enjoy going to our county’s Christmas parade every year. It’s always cold, so we make sure to bring something warm to drink and extra blankets to stay warm.
- There are so many children in our county that will not have the same Christmas as my children. We always make sure to pull the name of a child from an Angel Tree in our local mall or from our church. Children need to see their parents giving back. It encourages them to do the same.
- Our idea of Christmas cookies is the cookies that we enjoy eating during the holiday season. We bake all kinds of cookies together as a family. The kids love to help and of course, we let them eat as many as they want on that day.
- My husband and I grew up listening to Motown Christmas music with our own parents. We have made it a tradition to do the same while decorating our Christmas tree. My husband mostly watches my son and I decorate, but he’s always ready to place the tree topper on and go up and down the attic steps for more decorations as many times as we need him to. The toddler enjoys tangling up the lights and rolling the ornaments on the floor.
- It would be a holiday if I didn’t commemorate our fun with pictures. We take family pictures in our Christmas pajamas every year. One year we even used them as our Christmas card.
- We leave milk and cookies out for Santa because it helps us all to keep the magic of Christmas alive.
- I enjoy receiving Christmas cards during the holidays, so it’s only right that I mail out a few of our own. I try to make sure that we mail out Christmas Cards that include a Happy New Year greeting.
- The kids won’t be little for long, so I take them to our mall for the play train ride and an optional visit to see Santa.
- We watch a Christmas movie or cartoon every day.
- I like feeling cheerful and jolly, so I play Christmas music in the car on short drives around town.
- Growing up, my stepdad always took us to see the Christmas lights in our city. I couldn’t help the fact that I wanted to continue this tradition with my own family. One day out of the month we take a slow drive through various neighborhoods in our city to look at the Christmas decorations on the houses.
- We enjoy the light festival in our city.
- We visit Birmingham Zoolight Safari.
- We read Christmas books at home and online.
- On Christmas morning we eat a huge breakfast because after all who counts calories or carbs on Christmas day?
- The kids and I record ourselves singing Christmas songs and send them to our family for fun.
- Christmas is all about Jesus, so we make sure to celebrate his birthday. We always have cake and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus when we cut our cake on Christmas Day.
- On Christmas day we make Cafe Du Monde Beignets from the mix that we purchase from World Market. This has become one of my definite favorites and maybe it’s because I’m a total foodie.
Carmen ❤