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goodnatured

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Subject: What is your Christmas tradition?

Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:11 am

Alot of families have christmas traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation. Like freezing and sending 100 year old fruitcake from state to state. YUM, YUM!

Does your family have a tradition that they do yearly?

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Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:13 am

We have one in our family, the grandmother has a christmas party just for the kids, no parents allowed. We don't mind at all, it is a chance to do the last minute items and not have to worry about the kids for a few hours.

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Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:22 pm

That's pretty neat! I like that idea kids need other kids too...
We are from very strong German tradition so my mother spends two days cooking ethnic food and we celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve as our German ancestors have done. It's really nice because I did study music over in Austria and Germany and I notice that they are very family oriented and show their love to their families by closing their businesses every day at 5 pm, including grocery stores and if you're lucky a restaurant may stay open until 8. the way they show that they care for their family (one of the many) is they cook and their food is very rich. No such thing as having 24 hour convenient centers, it just doens't happen. also they don't really drive in Saltzburg anyway, so there are few 'gas stations' as we know it. now that we have a baby it'll be fun for him to open his presents on Christmas Eve, but like i said, he'll prolly look at us expecting us to do it Wink

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Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:52 am

How old is your baby debtstinker? Gifting presents to your kids gives a peculiar satisfaction right?
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Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:05 am

I think if you wrap it in his favorite character he just might debtstinker, Children often don't know about santa or understand the christmas paper characters for the first couple of years, he doesn't see those characters everyday.

He may do it, if you and dad do it and make it seem like fun also, remember they watch us, you may just be so surprised at his reaction. Just don't get disappointed when he would rather play with the box than the gift that is in it. LOL. kids crack me up when they do this.

Have fun and enjoy all the little christmas's now while he is young.

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Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:26 pm

Morning ladies...Laura our baby just turned one and is going on 14 months, he's a hoot! hmmmm favorite character...is there any paper with mommy on it?? that sounds very self absorbed but it was meant as a joke lol....I think he likes the backyardigans or at least he tolerates them for long periods of time. that's a good idea, he's in the mimicking stage now where daddy jumps up and down so does baby. we're trying to use this technique for potty training. daddy goes baby goes on his little potty seat.

I plan on enjoying our Holidays as they have so much more meaning to us now, Laura was right...giving presents to our kids is better than us getting them. I get more excited about his toys because of his reaction to them!!

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Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:57 am

I am sure what ever you decide to wrap in he will enjoy it because it is from santa, LOL. Mine is at the age now where she knows everything, she is not wanting a whole lot, just the blow up princess bed, it is in the closet, early santa. She would rather do things with you than have alot of junk that she won't use for christmas, she is a good kid. I went nuts last year and found that it was really no big deal to her. She enjoys the lights, the decoration, the making things for other people and especially distributing what she made.

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Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:52 am

Sharing is really great. Kids learn good things from parents. SO i mus say that her nature generates from her parents Smile

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Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:15 am

Well, thanks Laura, I will take that as a compliment, she is a great kid considering what all she has been through. We are blessed to have her, we know that she will be fine now and that hopefully we can give her all the right tools to lead a productive life.

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Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:19 am

Large family = gift exchange
Maybe one year, I'll start making my own eggnog with rum or so co Smile

This thread made me think of the Fetsivus episode of Seinfeld.
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Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:36 pm

I have to wonder what did Cramer do in that episode, morningstar, I often watch the reruns of that show. Don't recall the episode. I like the show, it is hilarious. I think these people in alot of sense could be your real life friends and family.

You are right about the large family, we had that going on, until a summertime conflict caused problems at christmas time, no this one won't go to that ones house, this one won't go there, it is so stupid, It has been over three years now and they are still holding the grudge. It affects the whole family, it is so irritating. It is one husband in particular, little weasel always starts trouble when he does not want to do something. All he has to do is stay home, but he chooses to convince my sister of the same thing. Everyone is about tired of it. This is on my side of the family.

On my hubby's side, grandma still gets the kids together.

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:38 am

Ohhhhhhh Morningstar i have the fondest memories of egg nog and rum!!! I went to a small college and so the days before Christmas, my department, which was very small, we were a family really, would do this traditional Christmas week. Now this is the neat part...we would all bring food that folks could snack on during the day and then our profs would bring the eggnog and you guessed it, spiced rum! yes during the day, yes during classes. it was like our little joke but we were old enough to drink. i miss those days!!!!
we don't really have a large family so i try to budget money for each family and friend

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:34 am

for shame, for shame Debtstinker! Having nog in class, smack your fingers, ok, do it again! LOL.

Our family is huge, branches off in so many directions, disfunctional, grandma's on moms side was raisng a bunch of us for awhile, crazy, but we were all loved. Got alot of sibling and cousin rivalary, like one of those two isn't enough.

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Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:08 pm

Hey good...are ya drinkin yourself lol...I believe miss des15 wrote that heee hee. I would NEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVER DRINK during class. actually we did once. but it wasn't at Christmas. What we did do though in grad school was go to prof's houses and celebrate and of course they had wine and champaigne but nothing harder than that. We would go to one prof's house for appetizers, then drive to another for the main course, then yet to another for dessert. it was something we all looked forward to. The dessert I think was the best part because the man who hosted that third section of the party had a mansion and a built in organ! now i do remember my husband and i had our first kiss in his attic!!!!!!!! we were curious where the blowers of the organ was and ummmm we found em Wink

shame shame desiree!!! nah as long as you all were old enough to drink and the instructors were responsible nothin wrong with that

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Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:38 am

Hey cool I just joined the forum and already there's a 'fight' hee hee just kidding. Yeah that was me good, we had some really good times in college. something i'll remember. hey debt, stay away from those organ blowers!!!
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we were definitely old enough to drink btw or our professors wouldn't have done all that

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