This is a little delayed due to some complications from the flu taking over our home, but better late than never! :)
My parents hosted a Christmas celebration at their home last weekend. My sister and our nephew are unable to be with us on Christmas day, so we started the tradition of getting together for a pretend Christmas several years ago. It has been so much fun that the tradition continues!
My sister Jenn and I laughed that usually we don't do the same thing twice and we don't really have any traditions. For example the first year we did the Lanier Magical Nights of Lights. After sitting in hours of traffic before even entering the park, we decided this was a NOT so magical night and promised that this would never be part of our tradition. Then we enjoyed watching Elf and said we would do that every year! After the second year of watching it, Will was quoting the entire movie the ENTIRE time...so we decided it was time for another "tradition". This year Will bought a rocket and we shot it at the square in Nana and PaPa's neighborhood. We were having so much fun! THIS was going to be a tradition...then the rocket landed on a neighbors truck passing by.
So Jenn and I have come to realize that our tradition is to have no tradition...and we are OK with that! :)
Besides traditions, it was so nice to be at my parents house and look around at all the Christmas decor. I was feeling so nostalgic now that my kids are old enough to remember these celebrations. As I walked around I noticed the ceramic Santa sleigh that holds chocolates.
Then I stuck my hand in the glass candy holder with green holly leaves on it to get out my favorite Andes mints..the same thing goes in this holder now as it did 25 years ago. Then I found my plastic Santa that plugs in and lights up. He is only a foot tall, but he is my absolute FAV! I told the kids about him, plugged him in, and they shrugged their shoulders and said, "cool" in a nonchalant tone. Oh well, I still get a twinkly in my eye when I plug him in!
On Saturday morning, we woke up and had our pretend Christmas! The kids ripped into their packages after we had a yummy breakfast. It was such fun to watch the smiles around the room. Everyone was so happy to be together. We DO have a tradition and it involves us getting together every year and celebrating our family.
I'm looking forward to celebrating Christmas with both sides of our family this year. Christmas is about coming together to celebrate the birth of Jesus. I have a feeling that if the flu is gone from our home...we are going to have one happy household full of smiling faces celebrating, eating, hugging, and sharing happy memories. I can't wait!
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