Love the idea of Advent Calendar’s as gifts! My Christmas celebrations have changed over the years. When my children were younger we would always play games and watch The Polar Express on Christmas Eve, then Christmas Day would be presents, food and games, then Boxing Day we would go to the cinema and the day after would be LOTR day where we spent all day watching the films. It was great just being the four of us, we did see the rest of my siblings and parents at some point but it had to be separate due to family issues.
Now my Christmas is completely different! When my husband left we had to share the traditions then with everyone’s life changing we had to change. So this year I am working Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, my daughter will be in her new home with her boyfriend as they are working over Christmas so will be down in the New Year and my son has left for university and decided to stay there for Christmas.
You are right, Christmas isn’t just about one day it’s about the whole season 😊
Oh goodness! That is a lot of change! When I was growing up, Xmas eve was with my dad. Xmas day was with mom and her family. My best Xmas eve ever was when my dad took me to a local pizza place, and we played pinball and ate all the pizza 😂 wishing you all the warmest and joyful holiday season 💜💜💜
Thank you for sharing your new traditions. We usually get together with family from my husband side of the family. I do feel it's important to have traditions that help us have something to look forward to. I look forward to putting up the Christmas tree. We also like watching holiday movies. We've never done stockings, but it's something that sounds like it might be fun.
I’m waffling on a tree this year. They’re just getting so expensive ($80 last year 😭). But I do love having my tree in my bedroom. Stockings are my favorite part because I love gathering lots of small items for my ppl with great intention. I feel like it’s where I can most easily show them I see and hear their more unique interests via gifting. What’re your favorite holiday movies?
We rewatch a few like the polar Express, How the Grinch stole Christmas, A Christmas Carol (the animated one with Jim Carrey). Sometimes if we feel spooky we will watch the nightmare before Christmas. We will also watch some new ones that came out this year.
Love the idea of Advent Calendar’s as gifts! My Christmas celebrations have changed over the years. When my children were younger we would always play games and watch The Polar Express on Christmas Eve, then Christmas Day would be presents, food and games, then Boxing Day we would go to the cinema and the day after would be LOTR day where we spent all day watching the films. It was great just being the four of us, we did see the rest of my siblings and parents at some point but it had to be separate due to family issues.
Now my Christmas is completely different! When my husband left we had to share the traditions then with everyone’s life changing we had to change. So this year I am working Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, my daughter will be in her new home with her boyfriend as they are working over Christmas so will be down in the New Year and my son has left for university and decided to stay there for Christmas.
You are right, Christmas isn’t just about one day it’s about the whole season 😊
Oh goodness! That is a lot of change! When I was growing up, Xmas eve was with my dad. Xmas day was with mom and her family. My best Xmas eve ever was when my dad took me to a local pizza place, and we played pinball and ate all the pizza 😂 wishing you all the warmest and joyful holiday season 💜💜💜
Thank you for sharing your new traditions. We usually get together with family from my husband side of the family. I do feel it's important to have traditions that help us have something to look forward to. I look forward to putting up the Christmas tree. We also like watching holiday movies. We've never done stockings, but it's something that sounds like it might be fun.
I’m waffling on a tree this year. They’re just getting so expensive ($80 last year 😭). But I do love having my tree in my bedroom. Stockings are my favorite part because I love gathering lots of small items for my ppl with great intention. I feel like it’s where I can most easily show them I see and hear their more unique interests via gifting. What’re your favorite holiday movies?
We rewatch a few like the polar Express, How the Grinch stole Christmas, A Christmas Carol (the animated one with Jim Carrey). Sometimes if we feel spooky we will watch the nightmare before Christmas. We will also watch some new ones that came out this year.