Dec 1 has been a tradition in our family. For the past 5 or more years, we take the day off, break out the Christmas music, set up the tree, bake gingerbread men and decorate!
Yesterday was our first time doing our tradition in our new house.
One other first was our tree. See, every year we cut down our Christmas tree, but for the first time we set up a "fake" tree. Yup, we caved. It was really fun though to break out that box and let the kids have turns "fluffing" the tree!
Though there have been some new additions to our first day of Christmas tradition, there are still those that last year to year. Like the hats and the gingerbread men. Those stuffed men have been with us since 2004 and are the most anticipated item in all the Christmas storage boxes.
The Christmas train has been with us for 2 years but it may have seen it's last Christmas. It was near disaster when we realized it may not work. Tears started to flow from our little conductor, but daddy came to the rescue and got it working again.. for now.
He enjoyed every minute of it once it was working again.
This little guy is joining us for his first Christmas. By the look of it, I may have to watch out for him, he has a mischievous twinkle in his eye.
Very nice! Karis, you're kids are fabulous :)
ReplyDeleteOur tradition is the first Sunday of Advent, so we spent yesterday decorating and listening to music. :)