Monday, December 21, 2009

Christmas Traditions

Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. I am excited that it is less than a week away. Because Christmas is coming up, I am going to talk about some of my family’s Christmas traditions. We have done these traditions since I was born.

The first tradition is that Santa comes. The night of Christmas Eve we hang our stockings over our fireplace. In the morning we are not allowed to go upstairs until our parents have finished putting things in the right places. Then when they are ready we come up one at a time youngest to oldest. My dad always records us opening our presents.

The second tradition is that we put all of our family’s names in a Santa hat and we draw one out. Whoever we draw out we get a Christmas present for them. By doing this it makes it so that we can get a more expensive gift for that person rather than getting everyone a small gift. Usually watch each other open these gifts because they are a little more special than the gifts from Santa.

Often when we open a gift we send them on a treasure hunt around the house. Sometimes they need to put puzzles together to find out where the next clue is. This usually doesn’t happen on Christmas just on birthdays. By sending people on treasure hunts it makes them earn their present.

We always go to our grandma’s house during the week of Christmas. Usually we get a small present. Sometimes we have a talent show. We usually meet with our other side of our family and have dinner. This is a fun time to talk to my cousins. I love talking with my cousins because I do not see them very often. Pretty soon the will be married and on missions. Some of my cousins are already married and some are on missions.

Usually we put up our Christmas tree and our other ornaments on a Monday night. We help each other put hard things up. Our tree is always stuffed with ornaments that we have made. The tree always looks magnificent after we are done.

On Christmas morning we always have quiche. We eat it after we open our presents. Quiche is a breakfast food that has a pie crust and has cheese and bacon. Quiche is most of our family’s favorite food.

With our cousins we act out the nativity scene. The nativity scene is Jesus Christ’s birth. We act out the shepherd, the wise men, Mary, Joseph, and even baby Jesus.

We also make some good Christmas goodies. These include Fudge, divinity, and other yummy stuff. We make these as a family.

We also go to our great aunt to make gingerbread houses. They are always a milk carton and a plate that we cover with frosting. Then we apply all the goodies onto them.

I love my traditions. They are very fun. They are things that I look forward to the whole year!

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