What are your FAVORITE Christmas Traditions?

[iluvcallalilies]

Okay, as most of you know we have a LOT of Christmas traditions in our home, but I do have a few favorites. What are your favorites?

Mine are:

1) Spritiual - The Advent Wreath & the Symbolic Christmas Tree Ornaments honoring Jesus

2) Fun - Wrapped 25 Christmas Children's books to open one daily Dec. 1- 25

3) Local - Visit the Christmas Princess for Photos and go see Light Displays (we have a LOT of local traditions, but those are top 2)

4) Family - Wear Matching Christmas PJs on Christmas night

5) Church - Pageant

[zboys]

Wow, you guys do alot of fun things together!

This year I bought an advent calendar for the first time.  You open one window every day and get a little piece of chocolate. 

We go to my parents' house for dinner Christmas eve.  I'm thinking of making a birthday cake to celebrate Jesus' birth.

[momoflilangel]

What is an advent wreath?

[iluvcallalilies]

See this post for all the details:

http://www.cafemom.com/group/31023/boards/read.php?post_id=1752211

Quoting momoflilangel:

What is an advent wreath?

[MommyMica]

I think that mine would have to be:

~ Baking tons of Christmas cookies with my mom and my sister, and now my little girl can join in the fun too.

~ Riding around on Christmas Eve and looking at all of the Christmas light displays.

Right now we do not have many, but we will be adding more. This year we will be visiting a local church and doing the Walk Thru Bethlehem (a depiction of Jesus' birth).

 

[momoflilangel]

My daughter will be 2 the day after Christmas so we haven't really started too many traditions as a family yet.

We do go on the week before Christmas sometime and ride around looking at Christmas lights.

We also travel to family Christmas parties.

We also decorate the tree together. (my husband dislikes this one.)

[iluvcallalilies]