Christmas has always been my favorite holiday and adding
kids to the mix just makes it even more fun and amazing! Once Noah was born, Robbie and I really started to focus on what we wanted our Christmas traditions
to be as a family. We have several we have done since before Noah’s first Christmas
and some new ones I plan to add this year!
1.
Matching Pajamas!
This one is so fun to me. I love waking up on Christmas morning all
matching. It can be tricky finding pajamas that work for everyone (like a picky
husband) and it gets kind of expensive but I love doing this and hope I can
convince my kids to match us for as long as possible :) I'm really excited for this years jammies!
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| Christmas 2014 |
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| Christmas 2015 |
2.
Gingerbread decorating!
We started this last year and even tho Noah wasn’t quite big enough to
decorate he loved being apart of it. This year we got a train because noah
loves trains! He kept saying, “Alllll Aboard!” as he was stuffing as much candy
into his mouth as possible. Yeah, this tradition is one I am sure our kids will
forever love because you have to have lots of candy around and we typically
don’t encourage a lot of sugar so it’s like a free for all. This kid was sugar
high! Haha I have to let my OCD decorating to the side and let him be creative
which is fun to watch.
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| Our cute house last year |
3.
Baked Ziti for Christmas dinner
Most families go with a ham or turkey but we’ve adopted this tradtion
from my husband’s family and they’re Italian so of course that means pasta!
Home made sauce and all. It is so good!
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| Christmas last year! Pasta equals shirtless baby! |
4.
Christmas Markets
While we were in Europe this was one of my favorite things to do. I loved
going and enjoying the handmade décor you could purchase as well as the hot
wine! We weren’t able to go to any this year since we moved back but I hope we
find someplace special to visit in the states now that we’re back.
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| Munich Christmas market in Germany last year |
5.
A new ornament for the tree
The last few years we’ve found our ornaments at the Christmas markets but
I am not opposed to a special target ornament either!
6.
Reading Christmas books
This includes our books about the true meaning of Christmas and The Night
Before Christmas. I leave the board books out all season and the Night before
Christmas we read on Christmas Eve.
7.
Cookies for Santa and a birthday cake for Jesus
This is a tradition we’re starting this year! I want to start baking
cookies on Christmas eve as well as a cake in honor of Jesus because I want my
kids to know Christmas isn’t just about Santa and gift giving!
8.
Elf on The Shelf
This is a new tradition we’re looking forward to starting next year!
Now I am dying to know… what are your Christmas traditions?! There are
always room for more!
