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I know that we'll all struggle with the holidays and thought maybe it would help if we shared some of our family traditions.
My husband and I have 4 kids and 8 grands. I also have two sons-in-law, so there's a bunch of us. There's always that empty place at the table, tho.
One thing we like to do (and the grands won't let me not do it) is the Night Before Christmas game. Everyone gets a little wrapped gift ($1 store stuff) and while Grandpa reads the poem we listen carefully. When the word "and" is read we pass the gifts. It gets silly at parts of the poem, there are several "ands" in a row. It's just a way for us all to be together and smiling.
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Traditions are good even when one is not there due to circumstances Every year my oldest has missed out on the opening of that one present on Christmas Eve. for the past 14 yrs. I just say a prayer and know that he is with us in spirit. God Bless you all
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I like anything Jay that adds joy in our life. We all need so much of that:) Good for you and your family. This year will be tough on me. My man is away on business, my daughter is locked up, my parents are now both deceased and well, I really will have to make that effort to keep MY joy going. But, I do believe that I can do it.

I plan on keeping the holidays simple, but packed with serenity. My cat agrees:)
Thanks for sharing in your family traditions here everyone!
Mamabear59
Mamabear59
My family tradition was wraping up a single quarter in a box when the kids were smal, but the secret was to keep wraping, and wraping so the box becames bigger, they, or at least my daughter still looks foward to that at X-Mas. I have 2 missing spaces, it really bothers me that he is there, and I am here, but I really miss my mom, try to make it up with my grandsons. They will get the wraped quater this year as always.
Lynn
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After we say grace everyone goes around the table and says one thing they are grateful for.
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christmas morning dennis would make us hot coco and we would open our gifts then bob (dennis dad )would make pancakes for everyone and me and dennis would feed them to the dogs when bob wasnt looking he cant cook this year no coco and hopefully no pancakes i will miss dennis he was like a little kid it was funny
slc123
slc123
My mother used to give us a new toothbrush in our stocking every yr and I carried that on to my kids even now and they are 31, 26 and 19(it makes them laugh and they look forward to it) and I always watch White Christmas(old old movie with Bing Crosby)about 10 times before Christmas and I cry every time and sing along and it just makes my gang moan..but I love it!
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