Childhood Memory - Holiday Traditions

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Growing up Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas were always nice, happy times for my family. For Halloween, we had a quick dinner then got ready and went out trick or treating with my Aunt and her kids for about 3 hours. Which was always in the same neighborhood, as a distant cousin lived in there, and we would stop in for us kids to get a rest from walking. We would also stop at my "father's" sisters, where she would give my brother and I a shoe box each filled with TY Beanie Babies for Christmas presents "from my father". For Thanksgiving, It was a pretty simple day.. My mom would start the turkey first thing in the morning, then do the mashed potatoes, gravy and veggies before it got done.. and cooked the biscuits once the turkey was done and being cut up. While I mixed up the desserts to put them in the oven once we sat down to eat. Then about two hours after eating, we would play Christmas music while putting up the tree and decorating it. (My favorite part of Thanksgiving). For Christmas, We always started with going through our stockings while my mom made breakfast. Then we watched a Christmas movie, and once it was over we got to open presents. At one point my Grandparents would come down to see what we got, then we'd go down to my Aunts house to see what the cousins got. But that wasn't every year.. Then we just spent the rest of the day watching Christmas shows and movies, playing with our new toys, and my mom making roast beef and mashed potatoes for dinner. .. Sadly, things have changed over the last 7-10 years, as none of the holidays have been the way they use to be but we do try to make the best of them all.. and I plan to do the same exact traditions with my own family one day. -- Did or do you have holiday traditions?