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Starting a Christmas Tradition |
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Start a Christmas tradition with your kids. It will be something they look forward to every year as they are growing up, and will remember with fondness all their grown-up years.
My tradition with my kids was that we would make rolled sugar cookies the week after Thanksgiving. And we had lots of Christmas Cookie cutters. When they were baked, I would wrap and store them in the freezer, and the day they got out of school for Christmas vacation (they usually got out early on that day), I would spend the morning filling small bowls with many colors of icing, raisins, chocolate chips, cinnamon red hots, colored sugars, sprinkles, etc. I would prepare the kitchen table as a workplace.
They spent the entire afternoon decorating cookies, some to eat, some to save for our Christmas, and some to give to friends and relatives. Lots of loving fun was enjoyed by all.
By Harlean from Hot Springs, Arkansas
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RE: Starting a Christmas Tradition
we too gave each child an ornament of their own each year to put on the tree and now i'm starting it with the grandchildren. i purchase my ornament after christmas when they've gone on sale.
RE: Starting a Christmas Tradition
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Post By (Guest Post)
(12/02/2006)
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Here's our christmas tradition... for the last few years, my son "feeds the reindeer" right before going to bed on Christmas eve. I take a package of instant oatmeal (any kind will do) and mix some glitter & sparkles in with it. Don't cook it! Just take it outside and let the kids sprinkle the dry mixture on the sidewalk/lawn. Apparently the reindeer can smell the oatmeal and the glitter will sparkle for them to see. By the time the kids wake up, its been blown away or melted into the snow. My son looks forward to this every year! Its something that I learned from a daycare teacher, and thought it was cute. And it gets him to bed really early!
RE: Starting a Christmas Tradition
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Post By kim (Guest Post)
(12/02/2006)
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Another great Christmas tradition that my sister did was to make or buy a special ornament for each child every year. When they are grown and leave home they have a good start on their own ornaments and many memories. You could date each one so they know the year it was given to them.
RE: Starting a Christmas Tradition
I did the exact same thing when mine were small. The only difference is, each got to invite a friend over to help decorate the cookies. This allowed the friend's mother to have some time to finish shopping, wrapping gifts, or anything else she needed to do. At day's end, each child took home the cookies he/she decorated.
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