tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post5498233462666915321..comments2024-03-03T22:03:05.210-05:00Comments on A Joyful Chaos: TraditionsA Joyful Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-47738460656926254482011-12-03T23:44:15.144-05:002011-12-03T23:44:15.144-05:00Our family traditions have changed since the child...Our family traditions have changed since the children have grown up. But for several years, now, we help "adopt" a family from the neighborhood around our church. We don't know who they are but use the school district to help us choose them. There is a small tree in our church's foyer decorated with paper ornaments with something the family would like for Christmas. We buy a Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08312481804665424463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-63749053881288189812011-12-03T20:17:53.599-05:002011-12-03T20:17:53.599-05:00Every year since I had my son we have gone and pic...Every year since I had my son we have gone and picked an angel off the Salvation Army Angel Tree. As he has grown to understand it more, he has started to help me pick toys and clothes for the "angel" (which is always a boy the same age as he is). This year I have enjoyed watching him pray for the angel also!Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348567121085973350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-11791710258039745352011-12-03T06:50:43.217-05:002011-12-03T06:50:43.217-05:00Cutting a real tree and baking Christmas goodies!Cutting a real tree and baking Christmas goodies!Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078924383024066208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-59659116643324002162011-12-02T22:33:57.436-05:002011-12-02T22:33:57.436-05:00I'm doing the same thing, though I have yet to...I'm doing the same thing, though I have yet to wrap the books. I have all the Christmas books set aside and we read one each day. I'm not sure if I have 25, but that's what the library is for :)Suannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768381960849873308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-25513839283849882312011-12-02T17:17:03.881-05:002011-12-02T17:17:03.881-05:00We have an Open House every year on the third Sund...We have an Open House every year on the third Sunday in Advent. Every one from church is invited, as well as lots of friends from when the Lord of the Manor used to work, and anyone else we can think of. Usually about 50 people will come and go between 2 and 6, and then we collapse on the sofa, listen to Christmas music on the radio and watch the fire die down. We've been doing this since Lady Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608765381189723792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-85923580835038520662011-12-02T14:16:04.564-05:002011-12-02T14:16:04.564-05:00I have always loved to decorate my living room wit...I have always loved to decorate my living room with greenery and focus on decorating around Baby Jesus. I don't like Santa anywhere. It's not about a fantasy. It's about Our Lord.Alienehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03130290739135017036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-10075694151195907582011-12-02T13:47:32.239-05:002011-12-02T13:47:32.239-05:00My sister-in-law bakes hundreds of dozens of cooki...My sister-in-law bakes hundreds of dozens of cookies and gives near all of them away; it's her special thing for Christmas.<br /><br />My mother used to bake about 20 pies and freeze them - apple, pumpkin, and at least one raisin pie just for Dad.<br /><br />My thing is decorating. The tree is loaded with decorations. There's garland on the mantle and the collection of old soft Santa Buckeye Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040364756922977023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-69409957563018346872011-12-02T12:03:39.969-05:002011-12-02T12:03:39.969-05:00I used to bring out all the Christmas picture book...I used to bring out all the Christmas picture books when the kids were little. There was one we would read out of every evening after supper. Many years we've also made a gingerbread house, then we have fun smashing it at midnight on New Years Eve. <br /><br />We nearly always travel over the holiday, so our traditions need to be portable! We may open our main gifts on a day before or after Knitwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13224736384702969469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-33893294240881476392011-12-02T09:57:41.706-05:002011-12-02T09:57:41.706-05:00I make a white chocolate party mix and give to fam...I make a white chocolate party mix and give to family and friends. It is expensive to make so I put it in small tins or small Christmas bags. Everyone enjoys it and I have given something they look forward to each year.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287238810628574373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-90027405295226290352011-12-02T09:49:53.342-05:002011-12-02T09:49:53.342-05:00I like your book basket idea. We are real book-lo...I like your book basket idea. We are real book-lovers around here, and it looks cute, too.<br /><br />One of our traditions is decorating a gingerbread house for one of our December family fun night activities each year. We take a picture of our family with our gingerbread house when we're finished. It is a good time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-35494198129609155142011-12-02T09:26:47.607-05:002011-12-02T09:26:47.607-05:00What a wonderful idea! I am not a real creative p...What a wonderful idea! I am not a real creative person, but thanks to the internet and folks like you who are willing to share, I have been able to incorporate some fun & creative activities into our family life.<br />Mrs.BMrs. B, a very peculiar personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03579160731517930694noreply@blogger.com