It’s the
most wonderful time of the year-Christmas. During this time, my family
celebrates the birth of Jesus and we engage in fun, friendship and fellowship.
It’s all a part of our Holiday tradition. What are your Holiday traditions?
Our top
three Holiday traditions are:
1. Decorate the Christmas tree
2. Family dinner at our house
3. Participate in the Sunday school
Christmas program at church
In case you’re
wondering what this looks like at our house, the story begins the day after
Thanksgiving.
Once upon a
Holiday, on a brisk November morning, I asked my teen son to help decorate our
pre-lit Christmas tree. Yes, the tree is one with lights already attached, so
decorating should be pretty simple, right? Wrong, it’s a matter of perspective.
The day
after Thanksgiving is when I like to put up the Christmas tree. This gives me
plenty of time to enjoy the multi-color lights as they illuminate our living
room. When I asked my son to help hang the bulbs and garland, he was less than excited.
He said, “Can we celebrate Kwanzaa instead?”
I kept
hanging bulbs as I replied to my son, “You know, celebrating Kwanzaa is not a
replacement for Christmas. And you still have to help decorate.”
“Oh, never
mind,” he said.
While
decorating the tree was completed in a timely manner, getting my son to hang
the Christmas lights outside was another hurdle. After several days of prodding,
I arrived home to dangling lights hung with care, well almost.
I’m not sure
whether my son carefully hung the lights or just tossed them in the air and
hoped they landed in the right places. However, he managed to complete the job
in time to go to a basketball game at school. It was mission accomplished
according to his teen priorities.
Once upon a
Holiday, on a cozy December night, I received a text from my other son who is
away at school. He said he is scheduled
to work the day of our family Christmas dinner. Hmph. So my options are to have
the dinner without him or reschedule it for a different date. I’m working on
changing the date.
Our final
Christmas tradition, the Sunday school program, is in the planning stage-lines
for the kids to learn, rehearsals to schedule and shopping for goodie bags. And
this will conclude the scheduled traditions-just in time for Christmas. The
only thing left to do after this is to curl up with a good book and do nothing
more.
What are
your family Holiday traditions?
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