Christmas Tradition

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 05:48 am Post Subject:

Hey goodnatured welcome to the community. :)

Why dont you tell us about your Christmas plans. :)

Thanks,
Andy

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:17 am Post Subject:

OK, let's talk about it.
Giving money to every carolers that are singing in the street is one of them.
Two weeks before christmas, we will be going to mass every 5:00 in the morning. Then we will be eating puto bumbong and drinkl some tea.

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 12:54 pm Post Subject:

Oh my gosh, I've got soooooooo many...

I have Mama Lori's cookie day...all the women folk (family and friends) come to my house where I have everything they need and we bake about oh, 100 dozen cookies! what a mess, and a good time...then package them for friends, neighbors, shut ins...(I make my husband deliver them cause THAT part embarrasses me)...

I have my children, and sister and her family in on Christmas eve..open gifts have some snacks, say a hand held prayer for all that are as fortunate as we are......read aloud the actual Christmas story from the bible.

Go to my Dad's early Christmas morning for breakfast, stop by the cemetary, to wish my brother's resting place Merry Christmas, then to my other brothers in the evening....

There are many many more, but that's a start......

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 04:39 pm Post Subject:

I like to read all of these, our family has not really had any, at least growing up. But we have adopted our grand daughter, who is four now and I want to do things with her that she will always attach to christmas and have fond memories to carry forward. Last year, we gathered christmas cups and put hot chocolate mix in them, with a candy cane, baked cookies and gave them to some people that we knew would not get anything, she really enjoyed that, we are gonna bake a few cookies this weekend, I have three boxes of hot chocolate, we are going to make popcorn balls and decorate up a little box for each of them this year. It is mainly some older folks that don't have anyone around, they do appreciate it, you can tell by the smiles on their faces. She really enjoys giving.

So I guess you could say that I am pretty new at this tradition thing, another first for me, I did not have any children of my own, so this little girl has made me do alot of firsts. She brings out the kid in me and inspires a love that I never knew existed or ever could have imagined.

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:50 am Post Subject:

So I guess you could say that I am pretty new at this tradition thing, another first for me, I did not have any children of my own, so this little girl has made me do alot of firsts. She brings out the kid in me and inspires a love that I never knew existed or ever could have imagined.

I did not have any children of my own

But we have adopted our grand daughter

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 04:28 pm Post Subject: Christmas Tradition

I, too, have enjoyed many Christmas traditions, but over the past five years, the U. S. Army has changed "tradition" around my house.

My daugher married into the Army and her husband has been deployed 10 times now. We have had Thanksgiving in October, in fact, this year we celebrated Thanksgiving on the Saturday before the actual Thanksgiving Day. One year, we celebrated Christmas in January, the gift part. We obviously celebrate the birth of the Christ Child on the actual day that has been set aside for that reason.

This year, my youngest son will be deploying to a war zone in the middle of December.

I would like to hear from others whose holiday traditions are re-arranged by the military.

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 07:19 pm Post Subject:

Lori, my husband was married before and had two sons, our grandaughter is the result of my stepson. Sorry, I did not even think how that statement would read, LOL.

We built a snow man the other day, he is melting, she wants me to save him, he is huge, if I bring him in the house, he will melt faster, she thinks I can perform miracles.

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:17 am Post Subject:

she thinks I can perform miracles.

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:38 am Post Subject:

I guess I better enjoy this while I can right, soon before I know it she will be off to school, my little girl is growing up so fast. She is so funny, I put the portable spa in the bath tub the other night with bubble bath, bubbles galore, she was in heaven. I want her to have the fondest memories possible while she is young so when the heartaches and headaches come later, she will feel she can talk to me. So when she breaks up with her first boyfriend, I will put the spa in the tub with the bubble bath, lol.

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 01:23 pm Post Subject:

my daughter and i had some of our best talks while one was in the tub...and still do (she'll be 29 in january)...we used to also drink juice out of wine glasses and have talks, always had (and still do) certain things i'd make her when she was 'down'' (twice baked potatoes was her comfort food)...good times, you can't pay for memories like that....HOWEVER, enjoy it now, because when she's about 11 you will likely be the stupidest person on earth, and only on the planet to make her life miserable. :roll: ..but it changes again, and when they get to be about 19 or so they think you're pretty cool again! :lol: Always had real open talks with our children and they always felt comfortable talking to us about EVERYTHING (and still do..darnit) ...husband and i wonder some times if we were too open cause, i have to tell them (or think to our selves) ''i reallllllllllly don't need to know all of this!" ha ha....used to tease them a little and say, 'don't you love me enough to hide stuff from me? what i don't know can't keep me awake at night!" kidding of course (kind of!) :wink: