Do you and your family have holiday traditions that you do every year? I and my family do! And the kids absolutely love it!
My Family’s Holiday Traditions
Every year my family has a pre-Christmas get-together. We get the family together (grandparents, cousins, etc..) and we will either go to dinner, go Christmas shopping, go see a movie or just hang out at each other’s homes.
This is a great opportunity to get together before the actual holidays and talk about the year we had, our hopes and dreams for the following year and more.
We play board games, eat finger foods, watch holiday movies and just hang out. My kids love this because they have so many cousins to play with, that they do not get to see a lot during the year! They get to be together, play and just have fun!
After we have the whole family get together, I and my kids will then have a night of baking Christmas cookies! I get out ingredients for chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, and all the goodies to decorate the sugar cookies with. We have such fun baking and creating our cookies, together!
After we bake the cookies, me and the kids will read Christmas stories, their favorite is (of course!) “Twas the Night Before Christmas” and then we will either watch a Christmas movie or play a board game!
I try to make the holidays super fun for my family by doing something fun and magical each year. It is very important to me to do these Holiday Traditions with my kids.
I want them to grow up and remember all of the fond times we had as a family! Nothing is more important than family!
What are your holiday traditions?
RJ says
What a beautiful family!!
Karen says
I love your holiday photo’s! I especially love the Santa photo’s.
Crystal says
Great post. I love holiday traditions that can be passed on to the next generations.
Penelope says
Those are wonderful traditions! I love baking, being with family, all of it!
Alison says
Awww I love all of the pictures. Man that tree grew from the first picture to the last. 😉
HilLesha says
Beautiful family….love the pictures! And, that chocolate chip cookie looks delish. 🙂
Kim says
Those cookies were GOOD 🙂
Kelly says
I love holiday traditions! One of our family traditions is to watch Christmas Vacation together on Christmas Eve!
Kim says
I LOVE that movie!! I watch it numerous times throughout the holiday season!
Marcie W. says
I agree, nothing is more important than family! Love all of your traditions and the awesome pictures!
Kim says
Thank you!!!
April Decheine says
Look how cute you all are. We chop our tree down has always been a tradition the weekend after Thanksgiving, this was the first year it was just my husband and I, but that was fine, we chopped it down then went out for cocktails LOL. Now that my kids all have relationships they still give me my Christmas Eve celebration and then Christmas Day they plan with there girlfriends or boyfriends 🙂
Kim says
LOL! I love that you got to have cocktails! Me and hubs need to go out and do that!
Melissa Au says
My favorite tradition is going out to breakfast the day after Thanksgiving then driving to cut down our Christmas tree!
Kim says
That is a great tradition!
Jenn @therebelchick says
That’s funny, but many of our traditions are exactly the same!
Kim says
haha! too funny Jenn!
Cynthia DeLeon says
Aww beautiful family and Christmas tree! =)
Kim says
Thank you 🙂
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
I had no doubt that you make the season wonderful for your family!
Kim says
Awwww, thanks mama 🙂