Christmas

Christmas, even though our family didn't do our traditional Christmas tradition, went down very well. New traditions were started and we all just loved being together as a family. I hoped that we would all wake up to some snow since it's been a little on the weak side lately, but alas.

That didn't happen.

We did go for a little drive up the canyon where I was able to get a couple of shots of the most beautiful snow! I can't wait to play in it tomorrow. I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas with your families!

Tradition

Is it me or does it still not feel like Christmas yet? I never thought I would say this but I really, really want it to snow. This year is definitely going to be different for our family. The youngest now knows about the whole "Santa" thing so we can't really do our family tradition of hiding from Santa and watching him deliver our gifts. Seriously it was the BEST tradition ever. All of us kids were devastated when my mom said we were not going to do it this year. She does have a point though. I'm almost tempted to head over to our neighbors behind us and be part of their family for a day because they can still do the tradition! My mom looked at me and said,



Mom: "Well as soon as you get married and have a kid then we can start up the tradition again!"

Me: "Yeah mom....I'll get right on that."

I love my family.

Tradition...Tradition!

Thinking about Christmas traditions, my family actually has quite a lot.

• Caroling with Dad's side of the family/talent night
• Dipping pretzels in white chocolate...mmm yum!
• Family dinner in which we pull out our Christmas china, my parents make a very fancy dinner, we turn off all the lights and eat by candle light, and then after dinner my parents also clean everything up. This is one of many ways to show us kids how much they appreciate and love us.
• Pulling out the Christmas puzzles.
• Watching the good ol' classics: White Christmas, Holiday Inn, It's a Wonderful Life, and Miracle on 34th Street.
• Picking good hiding spots the night before to watch Santa deliver our gifts! (This is a favorite of mine! The whole family hides from Santa and once or twice we have almost been caught!)
• Decorating sugar cookies.
• Watch The Christmas Story then go out to eat Chinese food
  
• Decorate our two trees together! Except this year they did it without me. (sigh...life of a hard working college student)

Oh how I love family traditions! I hope to carry many of these traditions on when I have my own family.