http://www.sometimesparentingsucks.com/holiday-traditions Enough About You. Let's Talk About Me. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:10:46 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.sometimesparentingsucks.com/holiday-traditions/comment-page-1#comment-1289 Tracy Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:54:49 +0000 http://www.sometimesparentingsucks.com/?p=578#comment-1289 I have to admit to liking those trees that are all uniformly decorated, but don't do it in my house. Perhaps when I have my business and an office, I can do that, but not yet. Our tree is also a mishmosh, with most of the ornaments being scavenged from my mom's collection when she downsized her decoration bins. There are some that I'm not completely fond of (either bought for fillers when mom would get giant trees or bought for us when we were first married), and those will be replaced eventually. There are some handmade ornaments on there, as well as my first ornament that my grandmother bought for me when I was born. Other traditions we follow are writing letters to Santa, due on St. Nicholas' Day (Dec. 6, in our house), when they are picked up and small treats are left in the stockings. Then on Christmas Eve, we go out driving and looking at Christmas lights, and when we return, Santa and the reindeer have been there and left the presents. We leave milk and cookies, of course, but also a bucket of oatmeal for the reindeer (who are very messy eaters... they always leave some on the floor and the bucket knocked over). Feeding the reindeer is a favorite for Da Boyz. I have to admit to liking those trees that are all uniformly decorated, but don’t do it in my house. Perhaps when I have my business and an office, I can do that, but not yet.
Our tree is also a mishmosh, with most of the ornaments being scavenged from my mom’s collection when she downsized her decoration bins. There are some that I’m not completely fond of (either bought for fillers when mom would get giant trees or bought for us when we were first married), and those will be replaced eventually. There are some handmade ornaments on there, as well as my first ornament that my grandmother bought for me when I was born.
Other traditions we follow are writing letters to Santa, due on St. Nicholas’ Day (Dec. 6, in our house), when they are picked up and small treats are left in the stockings. Then on Christmas Eve, we go out driving and looking at Christmas lights, and when we return, Santa and the reindeer have been there and left the presents. We leave milk and cookies, of course, but also a bucket of oatmeal for the reindeer (who are very messy eaters… they always leave some on the floor and the bucket knocked over). Feeding the reindeer is a favorite for Da Boyz.

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