tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post4701800150515759381..comments2023-09-10T06:13:15.389-04:00Comments on Nine Naughty Novelists: The Anti-Traditionalistkellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865842550376328393noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-13915418841709346422011-11-28T00:34:46.717-05:002011-11-28T00:34:46.717-05:00I am some of both I like family traditions and Chr...I am some of both I like family traditions and Christmas is a big one for us. <br />However every year we do something we haven't done the year before, just to keep things interesting.crazycatlady58https://www.blogger.com/profile/06857402153845938766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-21062686702613053902011-11-25T23:01:33.124-05:002011-11-25T23:01:33.124-05:00I am jealous of people who do not put up Christmas...I am jealous of people who do not put up Christmas trees. Having a little one, I feel like I have too. I wish we could change some of the traditions that we've started in the last 8 years. I want to stay at home on Christmas, but find that we spend a good bit of Christmas day at other people's homes. I do find time to watch A Christmas Story atleast three times (my own personal tradition that people shake their heads at). I really like Kelly's tradition of homemade pizza, maybe I can start that and get us out of all the visiting. ;)Kim Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050702463478800707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-2922878451942276182011-11-25T18:09:45.759-05:002011-11-25T18:09:45.759-05:00I enjoyed starting new traditions with my kids whe...I enjoyed starting new traditions with my kids when they were young and began our own family. And now they're like you were, PG...they want those same things, every year without fail, LOL! So we pretty much do follow some of the traditions. But as the kids get older things do change and we have to adapt to new traditions too. Luckily we don't have to get up on the roof to make sleigh marks and reindeer tracks anymore, and we don't make homemade Christmas ornaments (the kids still think I should get rid of those clumsily painted Santas they made - no way! Those are the best ornaments!) But we have our Christmas Eve homemade pizza, our ritual of unpacking and decorating the tree with all the ornaments we've collected in our travels, our traditional turkey and stuffing etc etc.kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865842550376328393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-75087886537099177162011-11-25T02:07:33.200-05:002011-11-25T02:07:33.200-05:00oh, I had a great holiday, thanks. We drove up to ...oh, I had a great holiday, thanks. We drove up to Calistoga, had a really nice meal, admired the fall leaves. It was great. How about you?PG Fortehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00819909187492632526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-76571594684984145442011-11-25T01:17:09.829-05:002011-11-25T01:17:09.829-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Drmgrl99 - Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661145148055771088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-89685342934012987212011-11-25T01:17:08.918-05:002011-11-25T01:17:08.918-05:00I like things to be the same for the holiday. I...I like things to be the same for the holiday. I'm not as strict to it as you seem to have been -lol but I do like certain things like my moms stuffing, hubby singing songs, kids playing and screaming while they tackle their uncle, washing dishes with my sister, then sitting by the fire to watch a movie. <br />I seem to be the one in the family that sets the pace and makes the traditions what they are so as the kids get older I try to make sure I do and add new things to the yearly routine. Like when we pick up the tree or teaching them to cook the traditional apple pie or baked goods. Things I did with my grandparents that are no longer around I want to make sure they get those memories like I have. <br />I like the tree ornament idea your talking about think I saw one- great idea. Not sure is I'm doing one at my house this year -big tree always goes to moms house where we do Xmas and I get to hand out all the presents. <br />Hope you had a great holiday! XoxoxDrmgrl99 - Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661145148055771088noreply@blogger.com