Christmas Traditions

United States
December 21, 2007 10:51pm CST
What are some of the traditions you and your family have during the Christmas Holidays? Some of ours include, first of all, all of the baking that goes on in our home during the holidays. Not just for our family but for friends, neighbors and just about anyone we can think of to include. The 'guys' in our family go Christmas shopping together....at least I think they actually shop. lol. I know they have tons of fun. When our children (all grown now with families of their own now) were young they dressed up and acted out the biblical Christmas story as a play. Now our grandchildren do. On Christmas eve we have egg nog, fudge, divinity and cinnamon roles and open one present...always Christmas pajamas.lol We attend church together and on Christmas morning Grandma (me) and Grandpa (my hubby) try to get around to everyone"s homes to see what they got from Santa. We love our traditions. These are a few of them. What are some of yours?
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• Philippines
22 Dec 07
Here in the Philippines, we have this christmas tradition of hearing mass every 4 in the morning. It is called 9 Mornings or "Simbang Gabi", which will start every 16th of December and ends on th 24th of December at around 11pm. It is said that when you completed all the 9 mornings without skipping any you're wish will come true. Another Christmas tradition will be the gift giving and the celebration itself. We Filipinos make sure that every family member is present during the Christmas Eve for a little get together. That's some of the traditions that I guess will be interesting.