Teach us your Wild and Wacky Traditions!
As the winter holidays draw near, I invariably find I begin to think about tradition, both old and time-honored, and new ones not yet thought of which may lie in wait for us to celebrate them. Traditions are like family-spun yarns that get knitted together into the most fabulous multi-colored bulky cables; be they for scarves, shawls or sweaters, it’s the cable knit that matters most for the warmth.
Cable sweaters also hide a lot of mischievousness...
I saw these two tradition lists in a magazine called Family Fun as I sat in an office waiting room before an appointment; they were culled from the mag’s readership:
Your top Thanksgiving traditions:
- Cook a beloved family recipe for the feast
- Make a gratitude list to display and save
- Call faraway relatives
- Add leaf rubbings, handprints or notes to a keepsake tablecloth
- Play a family touch football game
- Start decorating for Christmas the day after
Your top Christmas traditions:
- Set aside a day just for cookie baking, and for decorating a gingerbread house
- Plan a get-in-the-spirit activity or outing for each day of Advent
- Buy and hang an ornament for each child that commemorates a special interest or event in the year
- Drive around and look at the holiday lights
- Leave snacks for Santa (and often for the reindeer too)
- Get new pajamas (or lingerie!) on Christmas eve
Now those things are nice, they really are, but am I the only one who thought these lists were pretty blah and way too normal?
Come on JJLers – weigh in and tell us about the weird and wacky traditions you have in your family! If given the choice, and a magic wand that could zap me into your house, why would I choose you and your family if I were looking for the most Joyful-Wacky! and Jubilant-Wild! holiday traditions for my 2007 photo album?
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[Flickr photos by Leo Reynolds.]
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Are you brave (or wild, wacky and weird)? Take her up on this challenge!
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