Keeping up with Family Holiday Traditions
I love holiday traditions, but being so far from my family sometimes I forget to keep them alive. Now that I have a little guy I want to make sure that the holidays are as special for him as they were for me.
My little guy does not have the family around that I did so making it special is a little more work for us then it would be if we lived closer to our loved ones. But that does not mean he should miss out.
We would always go to my grandma’s house on Christmas Eve. Everyone on my dad’s side of the family was there and it was a huge event with Santa, family and presents. We would have a wonderful dinner then Santa would come and visit and bring us all a special present. We would all get a special pair of Christmas Pajamas from Santa. All the kids would change and play with Santa. Then it was time to head home and we were ready to go to sleep and wait for Santa to leave us our special presents in the morning.
Christmas day would come and Santa would always leave me a special toy UN wrapped. So I could play while my mom and sister woke up got their coffee and got rid of the morning grumpies. Of course my dad was always up early with me so he would play with me. Santa finally learned after a few years not to leave me makeup kits to play with. My dad had a lot more fun with game boards.lol
After we opened presents and had a special breakfast. My whole family would come to our house for home made enchiladas and family time.
Now that we are all older and family is everywhere we have to find ways to be together. On Christmas Eve Santa comes to visit my little guy (we got a Santa outfit) and brings us all special Pajamas. Then we call my grandma’s house and talk to everyone. On Christmas day because we cannot be with everyone we Skype in and someone always grabs the computer and brings us from room to room so we can join in. (Just don’t tick anyone off; they will leave you in a closet lol). We even send a white elephant present ahead of time and join in on that fun Via Skype.
Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with the traditions but if there is a will there is a way. Even if you can’t be with everyone for the holidays find little ways that you can bring them to your family and still join in.
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