My very favorite part of Christmas is the traditions. I think my kids look forward to the traditions that we do even more than they look forward to Santa! Funny how that works. With Casey's family they love to play Bingo on Christmas Eve to exchange our gifts, with my family they love to decorate their candy house. At our house we do simple traditions also. Casey & I NEVER label their gifts to them-we always do something tricky-makes it more fun and they leave the presents under the tree alone! We usually buy them each their own roll of wrapping paper-on Christmas morning they open a gift that contains a piece of their paper so they finally know which paper is theirs. Last year they were characters from High School Musical-we wrapped their name and gave it to them on Christmas...I think Sawyer was Gabriella and it was pretty funny! ;) This year they are candy bars-we have Hershey's Cookies & Cream, Reeses, Rolo & Snickers. We'll wrap their candy bar for them so they know which gifts are theirs. Fun. They also "draw names" to exchange gifts with eachother which they love. Each year they get a new ornament-they love to look at them and talk about each one. Then there's the Christmas Eve Jammies-my fave.
Last year a friend in my ward told me about a tradition she does for her kids and I loved it! We are doing it this year. She hangs a cute drawstring sack on her railing for each day in December before Christmas (we are only doing 12!) and puts a cute something in it each day. She said it's funny to watch them peak in the sacks because they just can't wait! My kids are all so excited every morning to see what's in the sack-even Alyssa. Tomorrow they get to make jingle bell necklaces-I know they will just love them ;)-Jaycee won't stop shaking the sack. Makes me giggle every time.
Any traditions you want to share? Someone told me last year they wrap all of their Christmas books and put them under the tree-each night they unwrap a book and read it as a family. Sounds so fun, I'm a little bummed I forgot about that one until yesterday...December came too fast this year!
Incase you want to do this-these cute sacks were at Hobby Lobby-6 in a package for $3.50!
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Cute ideas. The sacks look so fun hanging from the banister. A new tradition of ours is cutting down our own Christmas tree. I also like to make a homemade ornament with the kids each year. Some years have been better than others. The kids are getting bigger and are more able to make something that turns our really good. Something we are starting this year is cutting a small cirle from the bottom of our tree we will paint the year on it and make a Christmas tree ornament with eat. So as the years pass we will have a piece of every tree we get.
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I think the best part of the decoration is the antelope with the santa hat!
I love the candy bar idea I have a friend that does the same thing and want to do it when my kids get a little older. Right know Leah would just open anything we put under the tree so no gifts are out yet :) We also always make a homemade Christmas ornament we used to buy them but it got so expensive, so a few years ago I found a recipe for salt dough ornaments that you bake in the microwave. The kids have a blast with them and can make whatever they want then we paint them. My kids also draw names and the PJ's are always a hit, but instead of doing it on Christmas Eve we always get a gift on our doorstep then they can wear the Christmas PJ's all month long. On Christmas Eve, my kids all sleep in the same room, it is fun to hear them talking and trying to listen for Santa.
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