Christmas Traditions
This Christmas season, I’ve been reflecting on a couple of whimsical family traditions my family has.
- My dad saving all the gifts he buys for my mother so that I can wrap them
- The gift without a label that my dad always says must be his–and it is . . . because he buys it for himself
- Aunt Rosie’s punch, frozen orange juice and sugar crushed and mixed with 7-Up
- My mom’s willingness to have a turkey again if we want it . . . and something else if we don’t
- The Christmas afternoon movie we usually go to
- The punch lines my brothers and I repeat. Sample: It almoht Cwitmat! (yeah, I know, that means nothing to you if you’re not in my immediate family)
- Our favorite Christmas song: Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence singing “That Holiday Feeling” which I’ll share with you. Merry Christmas!
December 23rd, 2009 in
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I just love holiday traditions that are sort of ‘insider’ memories. We have a lot of those, too: )
Perfect traditions, Kathee!
It’s been at least a decade since I’ve spent Christmas with my extended family so I’m not sure I could even list our traditions. I know that food is involved along with layered jello & Whiskey Sours. That’s all I can think of right now but it’ll be fun to try to improve upon my list over the next few days!
Enjoy wrapping all of your dad’s gifts!!
I love the video. Makes me want to get a whole bunch of pictures and put them to our favorite Christmas song–Silver Bells.