All families have their own Christmas traditions that make the holiday special… My dysfunctional family has a few of its own… After you read, be sure to share some of your own so I don’t feel so bad!! :0)
1. BINGO… That’s right, I said it… BINGO… For years and years, every time my mom’s side of the family gets together for Christmas, we don’t worry much about the gifts or the dinner… It’s a good gambling game of BINGO… All my church readers calm down… It’s all in good fun… BUT… we do play for money… It is a quarter a card and EVERYONE plays… from the babies to the grey heads… WE LOVE IT!!! One year my granny gave all the grand kids a roll of quarters with our gifts so we could play as much as we wanted… At the end of each game, the winner gets the money!!!
2. The Random Gift… Each year I buy all of my immediate family a totally random gift. They didn’t ask for it…the didn’t even hint that they wanted it… I give all of the family the same gift… So far the gifts I have given have been really useful. 2 years ago it was and ice scraper.. I use it ALL the time.. Any suggestions for this year?
3. Santa Comes… even to us grown ups… Every year that I have been alive Santa comes to see me… I have never seen my presents prior to Christmas morning… Santa always wraps and puts them out after I am asleep.
4. Sibling Sleepover… Every year until I was about 25, my sister and I slept in the same bed on Christmas Eve as we waited for Santa… The last year we did it, I slept in the same bed with her and her fiancee… It was kind weird so we cut it out…I miss it though.. We used to lay there and sing carols and laugh and solve all of our family problems as we dreamed of what Santa might bring… Now she has her hubby and kids, so I have been replaced… Its all good though.. I like sprawling out in m y own bed now!!!
5. Gag Gifts… On my dad’s side of the family my Aunt Peggy was the queen of gag gifts. I remember every year she would give some unsuspecting family member a gift that would just send our family in stitches… That side of the family was as open as some families about personal things… you know hygiene, bodily functions, etc… I remember one year she gave my granddad some French birth control from the medieval days… It was a miniature guillotine… You can figure that one out… I miss Peggy, and that gathering… Since my grandma Maudie died we don’t do it anymore… Maybe one day we will again.
Alright, now its your turn… Tell me about your crazy traditions!!!
3 comments:
Santa still comes to our house too. My mama always said...if you don't believe, you don't receive. Our traditions have changed over the years. After my sisters got married and had kids, Mama, Daddy & I alternated Christmas Eves to see what they got for Christmas. Now that everyone is grown...I spend Christmas Eve with Mama and Daddy. One thing will never change...no matter what, we will always gather with each other at some point on Christmas Day. That's my favorite time of the season...no one's in a hurry...we just enjoy each other. I also LOVE the Christmas Eve service at Anderson Mill. Such a sweet time with the Lord to celebrate His birth.
We have a tradition that every Christmas eve we all get to open one present. Of course it's always new Pajamas. This way we all look good on Christmas morning for pictures. We also have a tradition that every day during December up until Christmas eve we unwrap a book that is a Christmas story. We read it before bed. This year was a little crazy so we didn't do it, but we sure have missed it... i just haven't had time to wrap all 24 books...I will try to wrap them all this year when i pack them back up. This also is a good thing to do... so next year you don't have to worry about wrapping it all the 30th of November.
We all on this side Miss Aunt Peggy Thanks for remembering her She and Daddy were the BEST!!!!
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