Hello!
One friend asked about our holiday traditions, and I thought I'd post a blog about it.
CHRISTMAS CARDS. Each year we send out a Christmas card to friends and family out-of-state. Since we are the only ones living in Massachusetts, that would include ALL of our family, and since we have moved 8 times in our 18 married years together, we send a lot of cards to friends in different states. I think our total was 125 or 130 cards this year. At any rate, we usually send a card, a family photo, and a Christmas letter. We try to be at least a little creative, and some years I have made the cards with the kids.
ADVENT CALENDAR. We put up an Advent Calendar each December 1st, and the kids rotate turns on choosin
g an ornament out of the numbered pockets. This tree-with-elves design was the one I grew up with. My sister Kathi made one for Kim and I (sorry Kris--I think you were still young and disinterested that year), one year for Christmas. So now I still use the same advent calendar that I used as a child when my sisters and I would take turns.
GINGERBREAD HOUSE. Each year we see one of th
ese yummy-looking houses on sale at the grocery store or craft store, and we pick one up. This year Kara and Teresa decorated the gingerbread house. The icing was a little runny but the roof stayed in place, and the windows weren't too bad.
ZUCCHINI BREAD. We also make little mini-loaves of zucchini bread, to take to the neighbors and give out to teachers at school. This year, Teresa and Kara had their own lists of people they wanted to give to. I bought the ingredients for their bread, but they made the bread! They were willing to work for the gifts they would give. It was very nice for me!
d make you want to be a better person. We also read a scripture a night along with the story.NATIVITY SCENES. We collect nativities, often looking for "different" ones from different countries. We don't put them all out every year
. Here are some we put o
ut this year.CHRISTMAS TREE. Frank grew up with a real tree. I grew up with an artificial tree. In Michigan, we had room for 2 trees, so we had both. Most often, we only have space for one, and it ends up being the artificial one. I like them: they are symmetrical and clean, and you don't cut down a tree every year to use 2 weeks and then throw away. Many have arguments for a real tree: the wonderful smell, nothing like going out and picking/cutting down your own tree as a family. To each his own on this matter! We normally decorate our tree with ornaments with some mea
ning or memory; here is one we got the year Frank and I were married.Here is what David looked like at 4 yrs old, in the year 2000.
4 comments:
This was a big Christmas card year for us almost 200 exact. Between me being from out of state, two missions, a study abroad, my husband's dental school friends, past ward members, some beloved patients, neighbors, etc, the list has grown.
Oh and we are a real tree family. I am not opposed to a fake tree but Dentist husband is.
Very nice post! Love the advent calendar - I may need to make one for Kris...and Sheree this year!!! Kathi
In an answer to your question: permed hair. My hair is naturally stick straight. Every once in a while, I can't take dealing with my straight hair and go in for a really tight kinky perm just to not have to worry about my hair every day.
I looked high and low in Hawaii for a Hawaiian nativity this year and I found only one. It is a gourd, pretty small in size, with the nativity carved all around . It is pretty, but was disapointed that was all I could find. It was on sale after Christmas so that was fun. Yep, I was in Jolyn's post. I was kind of surprised myself, but not quite sure why.
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