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Post by Enchantress on Oct 12, 2004 10:13:38 GMT -5
Got any? Which ones have you incorporated from your and DH's families? Which ones have you started yourself?
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Post by Enchantress on Oct 12, 2004 10:18:05 GMT -5
Every Christmas I buy an ornament for us and for my stepson for our Christmas tree. I always decorate for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving. (My mom does this one.) We still go to my mom's house for Christmas Eve. We used to go to my Dad's on Christmas day (divorce really sucks), but now everyone comes to my house on Christmas day for lunch. I've taken over Thanksgiving too. I have everyone to my house for 1:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving. This is mostly because we live far away from everyone and because my sister has dinner plans with her inlaws. We go to my mom's for brunch on Easter Sunday and then have the rest of the day to ourselves. It's really sad that we don't see my stepson (really long story). When we did see him, we'd have to go pick him up before whatever was going on and then take him home for 6:00 p.m. So, what do you do?
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Post by Jana on Oct 12, 2004 10:38:05 GMT -5
All our holidays are at my parents house.
Thanksgiving we have a big family lunch, play games or go shopping then eat leftovers for dinner. The day after normally my mom, sister, me and my nieces go shopping.
Christmas Eve we all go to my parents house and have a buffet type dinner then we all open our presents! Lots of fun! We play with the kids and show each other what we got. Christmas morning we all cook up a huge feast and sit down about 12 to eat!
Easter we go to my parents for a big lunch and then we have an easter egg hunt for the little kids!
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Post by kristiduckett on Oct 12, 2004 20:28:30 GMT -5
Our traditions are in the air right now. We are adjusting for people moving, people coming in to visit, etc. But here are the bare bones....
Christmas--We used to have Christmas breakfast at my Mom's, until she moved. Then it was at my house, until I moved. LOL Now all my sisters try to get together for breakfast the Saturday before Christmas. We have breakfast and open gifts from our parents, who are usually not home for Christmas. (They are in Alaska, everyone else is in Missouri) We used to go to MILs for Christmas lunch or dinner until we moved to Kentucky, now I fix Christmas dinner and ILs come here. We also get a Christmas ornament for each of my sons each year. They pick their own, and its interesting to see how their interests have changed through the years. We also have a tree skirt that we paint their hand prints on every year. Its cool to see how they've grown, too.
Thanksgiving--We used to eat at MILs every year with all of her family...her bros and sis' and their kids...but she stopped that a couple of years ago. Not sure why. So now I just fix T'giving dinner and invite anyone who wants to drive the 2 hours to visit me to join us. Of course, only ILs come.
Easter--We don't really have any Easter traditions, sadly. We just do whatever. Sometimes we go to my aunt's, sometimes we just stay home and do our own thing.
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