tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363493634131378667.post2518396543166944944..comments2024-02-02T04:29:38.547-06:00Comments on Lola's Diner: What are your Christmas Eve and Christmas Day traditions today as an adult?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363493634131378667.post-12921775461095557262008-12-11T18:03:00.000-06:002008-12-11T18:03:00.000-06:00Tamika,It's so much fun when the kids are little. ...Tamika,<BR/><BR/>It's so much fun when the kids are little. I'm sure whatever traditions you begin with your little one, they will make wonderful memories.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385290159403288196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363493634131378667.post-4690664637981338422008-12-11T16:45:00.000-06:002008-12-11T16:45:00.000-06:00We don't have any traditions yet. I'm hoping to c...We don't have any traditions yet. I'm hoping to change that now that we have a Little One. This year we'll visit family so they can spend time with the Little One and then I think starting next year (the Little One will be two), we're staying at home and starting traditions with our little family. I want to have something that we do and look forward to every year like you do. I think it would have been nice to have that when I was younger and want my son to have that and maybe he can continue those traditions with his family. I just have to think of what we can do.Tamikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09954858991035105653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363493634131378667.post-38725095363270387552008-12-10T13:58:00.000-06:002008-12-10T13:58:00.000-06:00ordinarymomss,My condolences on the loss of your m...ordinarymomss,<BR/>My condolences on the loss of your mother. That first year is the most difficult. All the holidays seem almost hollow. Many times the family doesn't want to do anything. I remember when my mother passed away in 1984, most of the family wanted to call off the usual holiday activities, but thankfully one of my Aunts spoke up and said that wouldn't be what my Mom wanted. Of course she was right. We went through with our regular traditions. There was a teary eyed moment though, when it came time for someone to make the mashed potatoes (always my Mom's job). My sister and I joke about it now every year, in fact I brought it up when she was over for Thanksgiving. We had a good laugh.<BR/><BR/>JD,<BR/>I'm not all that much in the holiday spirit this year either, but I am trying. I think my reminiscing via these posts is helping alot. I think that once I start gift wrapping that will help too. I usually watch old Christmas movies while locked up our bedroom wrapping like a madwoman. I don't know if it's the wrapping or the movies. Probably both.<BR/><BR/>Fidget,<BR/>Actually that 'Elf on a Shelf' post sparked my memory. My kids thought the letter was sooo cool. They still talk about it. They also talk when they were little they heard Santa's sleighbells. <BR/><BR/>Our old house had front and back staircases. The back staircase was closer to their bedrooms and rarely used. Somewhere we got a leather strap with large bells attached, like sleighbells. On Christmas Eve after the kids went to sleep I'd sneak up the back stairs, quietly, so as not to make the stairs creak. I'd shake the bells for a minute or so, then sneak back down the stairs.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385290159403288196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363493634131378667.post-3285394236538317862008-12-10T09:59:00.000-06:002008-12-10T09:59:00.000-06:00ooo signing in cinnamon is a cool idea. i saw some...ooo signing in cinnamon is a cool idea. i saw someone else talking about "elf on a shelf" as a reminder for kids to behave during the holidays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363493634131378667.post-83150158134027016632008-12-10T09:01:00.000-06:002008-12-10T09:01:00.000-06:00This year I'm so not in the X-mas spirit, I don't ...This year I'm so not in the X-mas spirit, I don't know if we'll follow ANY traditions. But usually:<BR/><BR/>It's just me and my husband (and our 2 cats) on X-mas Eve, tho we don't usually do anything special, except maybe watch "Rudolph." My mom, brother, and his girlfriend come over on X-mas. My mom always makes the most delicious coffeecakes, and we have those with coffee while we open our gifts. Dinner is usually ham, etc,--pretty traditional, except one year we did have ziti. I always get those Christmas crackers that you pull apart and make everyone wear the paper crown that comes inside. My husband I and do giant stockings for each other in addition to wrapped gifts, and I make a smaller stocking for my family members, tho this year, I'm making everyone do a stocking for someone else.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm. I'm starting to feel more in the Christmas mood already!<BR/><BR/>JD at <A HREF="http://idothings.info" REL="nofollow">I Do Things</A>JD at I Do Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12637216169419014156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363493634131378667.post-87461288608767954512008-12-10T08:39:00.000-06:002008-12-10T08:39:00.000-06:00It does get sad when your family separates and get...It does get sad when your family separates and gets smaller. My tradition don't seem to matter much to me this year. My mom passed in July and I just can't wait to get the holidays over with. But I do have to keep up my spirits for my kids. Perhaps I will post our traditions on my site. Im having a hard time figuring out what to write anyway.<BR/><BR/>Love your blog btw.ordinarymomsshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318729889122038968noreply@blogger.com