My Christmas Traditions

For Christmas Eve me and my dad always go rabbit hunting with my cousins, then we go to my grandparents house and open some presents from them and my cousins and we have a big dinner. But on Christmas we usually just open presents and be lazy the whole rest of the day. Its pretty lit.

Christmas Traditions 

   One of my family's traditions is karaoke.I think my parents started this tradition when I was 10.Every Christmas eve we would sing to some of our favorite songs.My favorite part is when my mom and dad do their duet and there's no one who can get the mic back.I guess another of our traditions is to spend  it with other people.My family believes that no one should me alone on Christmas.So those are my family's Christmas traditions.

My Christmas Traditions

Christmas Traditions

        My family and I have many Christmas traditions. Every year we either add a new one or not do one. But we have fun every year. Even the smallest things that we do every become traditions for new members of the family.

      To begin with, every year I make a non-traditional cookies, bars, or maybe even a cake. I always love to try out new recipes and it has become something we do every year. The recipe is usually something that i had made maybe the week before, or something new i had seen on social media.We also always leave out two carrots and a bowl of water for Santa's reindeer. 

 Additionally, on Christmas Eve we always do last minute shopping. If you know my family, then you know we do everything last minute. It is always someone we forgot to get a present or something we forgot to get. In conclusion those are my Christmas tradition. Merry Christmas, Be safe!!! 

     When Christmas comes and all of the Christmas presents are opened, it's dinner time! The dinner is good but the part my family is most exited about is the Christmas poppers. Christmas poppers are from England and they are little tootsie rolls. But when you open them. BOOM! They are like little fire works that explode and give you presents! The explosion isn't big, and the presents are little, but hey, it's more stuff. That is my favorite Christmas tradition.

Holiday Traditions

My family has a very special Christmas tradition. Every year we open a present that is pajamas. Then after we all open them we put them on, and get into the car. We drive downtown and look at the Christmas lights. After that we Drive to our neighborhood and count all of the lights on houses. We all guess on how many houses have Christmas lights up and then start counting. The person with the closest number to the actual number wins. They are usually around the two hundreds or less. This is one of my favorite Christmas tradition I do. 

Christmas tradition

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 Christmas is one of my favorite holidays, I love everything about it. I especially love all the fun traditions. My favorite one is decorating candy trains/houses. After we eat dinner every year on Christmas eve we bring out all the candy we can find and we decorate candy trains or houses. Every year I try to make a awesome house, and every year it looks like garbage. No one in my family are very good at making them though so it's okay. Someone always ends up spilling frosting everywhere. By the end of the night the ground, the table, and everywhere else in the kitchen are covered in candy, frosting and graham crackers. I always look forward to making candy trains with my family every year.

My Favorite Holiday Tradition

       My favorite family holiday tradition is each year on Christmas Eve, opening one present. Every year we already know what it is, pajamas. What we don't know is what they look like. I feel like opening one present seems to help me last until Christmas.

       Another tradition I really enjoy is looking at Christmas lights. Our neighbors have AMAZING Christmas lights!!!! They have lights all over their roof and yard and the lights "dance" to music they play. My favorite part of their house is that they have these Christmas trees with faces and they sing to the music, and they have a really cool tree that they program to look like different things. One song they play is "Let it Go" and they tree shows Elsa, her castle, her doing snow magic and Olaf. I just really wish they had done Sven on there, because he is my FAVORITE! Some people who live not to far from my house go ALL OUT. No lie. their entire house is covered in lights, and they have a light maze and they sell hot cocoa on Fridays. I LOVE their neighbors lights just as much, it has a giant DITTO sign with an arrow pointing to the all out house. 

       These are my favorite holiday traditions!!

Candlelight dinner

The tradition started when my grandmother was in high school. Her dad worked for two companies and one sent their family a Christmas Candle Centerpiece that goes on a dinner table and the other company sent a poinsettia.  These are her words, “My mother decided to light the Christmas Candle Centerpiece on Christmas Eve for our dinner.  We ate in the formal dining room on white china with red cut glass glasses.  My mother was a really good cook and made a lovely meal.” My mother visited my great grandparents house for Candlelight Dinner till kindergarten.

 When she was five, they moved to Illinois while my great grandpa, did his PhD coursework.  Since they were away from home, my great grandma started the tradition of Candlelight Christmas Eve dinner, or Candlelight Dinner for short. Ever since, it has been a great tradition.

Typically, my family will eat, barbecue green beans, fried mushrooms, steak, and potatoes. When my mom was a girl, it was pretty much the same. The only differences are, wild rice instead of potatoes, for a while layered jello salad or pear mint jello salad, but they switched to spinach salad. They’d enjoy have sparkling cider,  wassail, and often Black Forest Mini Cheesecakes or some treat neighbors or students at school gave them. Both my grandparents are retired school teachers. They use their china and  their best silverware.  So the tradition began with my great grandmother, who passed it to my grandmother, and now my family does it. I'll probably pass it on too.

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        My family's Christmas traditions are always fun but the best one is on Christmas day. 

On Christmas Eve, my siblings and I all sleep in the same room. When we all wake up, we entertain ourselves with the stuff we get in our stockings. We always wake up early and want to open our presents but our parents always want to sleep in. We can't go near the tree without them so we yell "HEY! HURRY UP! WE WANT TO OPEN UP OUR PRESENTS!" They eventually wake up and we all are excited. We go the the tree and see our presents. We just stand there for about five minutes just staring at our parents and gifts with wide smiles and open mouths. We all want to open up our presents, but instead of going crazy, we open them in order from youngest to oldest. I have 6 siblings and I'm in the 4th one so it doesn't matter what order we go in. We all are excited when we open our presents, but it's mainly my two little sisters who are the most excited. When they open their presents, they take a deep breath, and scream. They scream so loud I could still hear them if they were on the top of Mt. Everest(not really). But I don't get mad at them. I'm the same way but less quite. In the end, I end up having a good with my family and we all are happy. I love Christmas with my family and we have the best time. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

My favorite family tradition

My favorite family tradition would probably be our advent calendar. Every year my mom fills out little slips of paper and puts them in the house and we fill it up with candy for every day. Every day my brothers always rush to the house to see what it is that day and say,"I want to be first!". Everyone laughs a lot when they say that. On Christmas day the last door is always filled with lots and lots of candy. It probably is the best tradition out of all of them. In conclusion, my favorite family tradition is the advent calendar and my family loves it.

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     On Christmas eve, my family and I gather around the dining table and we eat,laugh,play games and much more its really fun i enjoy spending time with my family. After all of that we decide to have some dessert, usually we have something different every year. But its delicious. Then we either decide to keep playing or watching a Christmas movie. Usually we decide to keep playing some random game but its still pretty fun. After that we go to bed and wait for the next day, I Love Christmas, Its fun just spending time with my family and having a lot of laughter. And that's my Christmas tradition!.

Holiday Traditions

            This year has gone by so fast, some times you need to just calm down and appreciate what you have done with holiday traditions.  My experience with holiday traditions has been great, if you didn't already know my birthday is on Christmas Day.  So my family has ways to make my special day my own day.  That day is Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve is the day that I get to do what ever I want. Wheather its going to a movie or sleeping in untill 3 pm it's my day to relax. I love this special tradition because I get so cought up in Christmas that I just forget about my birthday. That was one of my many fun family traditions.

Christmas Tradition

My family does a lot of Christmas traditions but my favorite one is on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Eve my grandma, my aunt, and my whole family go up to Cedar City and go ice skating. It is sort of a new tradition but I am already getting excited for it this year. We go to Cedar right in the morning and spend pretty much the whole day there. When we get there I always have to relearn how to skate but when we are about to leave I am pretty much a pro. Me and my brother always do a certain amount of laps to see who can finish first. When we get home we are so tired so we just watch a movie then got to bed. That is my Christmas tradition.

Christmas traditon

My family has lots of different traditions, but my favorite of which changes slightly every few years. Every year, for as long as I can remember, my family, (cousins, aunts, grandparents, etc.) has a Christmas party at either my house, my grandma's house, or sometimes one of my aunts' houses. I used to play with my cousins outside, but now I play card games with the adults, which I enjoy. My uncles used to play around with us a lot, chase us around outside the house and shoot the older cousins with BB guns, but (and don't tell them I said, this or they'll start doing it again) they've gotten kind of boring. Every year after we open our presents we got from our cousins, we draw out names. Each cousin draws another cousin's name, even my 9 month cousin gets a name. The name you draw is the person you, (or rather your parents) buy a gift for, for next year. Usually the kid will pick it out, the parent will buy it, and the kid will wrap it. Every year is slightly different, and as everyone gets older, things just get a little more boring, but I'm not complaining. I love our family Christmas parties, and I think they are the best tradition ever.

My Family's Holiday Tradition

                My family's Christmas tradition is something I look forward to each year. On Christmas Eve we all usually get a new comfy pair of pajamas that fit us just right. Then, after dinner, my siblings and I would exchange gifts we picked out for each other; we switch who-gets-who each year. Afterward, we go on a ride in our car to look at pretty Christmas lights in our comfy P.J.s; we bring snacks and warm blankets so we are cozy. After we get home we go to bed, but its hard to sleep for me, because of all the excitement for Christmas morning! We wake up to find an orange in our stalkings each year along with many presents and packs of chocolate. Later on, we have a wonderfully delicious Christmas dinner with our Grandma and Grandpa. Overall, I love my family Christmas traditions and always wish they could never end!

Christmas Tradition

Every year, On Christmas Eve we all gather around the dinning table and have a big feast. This feast includes Big steaks, Mashed potatoes, Apple cider, Yams, Salad, Rolls, stuffing, broccoli, and pasta. The dessert is my favorite part: Chocolate fudge, Homemade pie, Divinity, cupcakes, cookies, caramel brownies, jello, peppermint ice cream, and hot chocolate. Another tradition we have is also on Christmas Eve, and we all Frost cookies for Santa Claus, and then read a christmas story.   

Christmas is my favorite Holiday! Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Traditions

My family's Christmas traditions are fun to do! Each year, we go to a movie on Christmas Eve and go to my Grandparents. That night at my Grandparents house, we play Santa's Sack. (A.K.A White Elephant). We also open Christmas pajamas and stay up late. I usually wake up at 3 in the morning. On Christmas Morning, We open presents at 7 o'clock. Then at night, we go to my Grandparents house for leftovers and just chill. We have really fun on Christmas. I love Christmas. Happy Holidays!

Reagan Clove   

Christmas Tradition

Ah the Christmas season, the best time of the year to spend time with your loved ones. In my family we have a couple of traditions for the holiday season. Our main traditions are eating Chinese food on Christmas, and getting pajamas on Christmas Eve. We also enjoy opening 1 present on Christmas Eve but I am focusing on the other two.

Eating Chinese food is not something I personally enjoy, but my family does so I do. As my mom says, ¨We eat Chinese on Christmas because it is the only thing open." We also get this tradition from a Christmas movie that I can't remember the name of but they go and eat Chinese on Christmas. That is why my family eats Chinese food on Christmas.

Every year on Christmas Eve my family has a wonderful tradition. My grandparents send us new pajamas and we wear them. We love doing this because we also put pajamas on my dog and we all take pictures together. We always have a lot of fun doing it and my dog enjoys the hugs and kisses she gets. We then go to bed and sleep. In the morning, while in our pajamas we then open our presents. I think the main reason we do this is because we need winter pajamas so we might as well get them for Christmas.

Those are some of the traditions my family has for the holiday season. I hope you enjoyed and will maybe even start doing some of these with your family.

My Christmas tradition

My Christmas tradition with my family is normally have some of our family come from mexico and some friends come over and we make a party were we bake goodies and food. When we are done eating we like to watch TV or even chat, most of us like sitting around the tree with hot chocolate then we like to go outside and start a campfire. When everything is done we clean up and exactly at 12:00 we open one
present and wait till the next day to open the rest. In the morning, we wait for everyone to wake up or we wake them up with music and open the rest of our presents.

            My family(s) tradition is that  every other year we go down to California to go to my dads and on Christmas Eve we stay up and play games with each other and laugh and talk until 12:00 then we open presents with the family then that same night we leave the house and drive all the way back to Utah and by Christmas morning we are here in Utah and we eat a fast breakfast then we open more presents, But then some years its different like this year we are staying with my mom and when we are with my mom we go to bed super early and wake up on Christmas to run down the hall and see the presents then a couple days after that we go to California and open presents with out dad. Christmas is pretty crazy for us.

Holiday Tradition

            My family's favorite holiday tradition is where we get new Christmas pajamas and we get to choose one present from under the tree to open on Christmas Eve. Every year I choose to open the smallest gift. Its my favorite tradition because we all have fun and laugh together (especially when we eat our Christmas eve dinner) I love this family tradition. Its the only time my brother and sister and I get along. Just kidding but we all have fun opening one gift and getting new comfy pajamas.

     My favorite holiday tradition is when we all go down to the dollar store and get a present for everybody in our family. We get a hat and put our names in it and if your name gets drawn you have to give out your gifts. It lasts seven days so it is like Hanukkah but you get to have christmas, and the presents are actually good.

Best Thanksgiving dish

Best Thanksgiving Dish

What's your favorite food on Thanksgiving? My favorite food/dish on thanksgiving is Pie. According to the website, www.reference.com, "Americans consume 50 million pies at Thanksgiving. Pie is my favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving, especially pumpkin pie. It's one of my favorite desserts. I thinks it is great to eat around fall because of all the spices it has. In conclusion, my favorite food for Thanksgiving is pie.

Holiday Tradition

Holiday Tradition

My favorite holiday tradition is probably putting up our Christmas decorations.  According to the article, "Christmas Facts" on "www.Softschools.com",Christmas light were invented in 1882 by  Edward Johnson.  I love decorating the house with a lot fun and festive stuff. It really just gets me in the Christmas feeling. For example, the tree, lights, etc. Putting up Christmas Decoration is probably not a tradition but, I really love doing it with my family. Although I have many favorite Holiday Traditions, putting up the Christmas Decorations is definitely my favorite tradition. In conclusion, decorating my house with Christmas Decorations is my personal favorite tradition.

Holiday Tradition

My favorite holiday tradition is what my family calls the, "Butterfield Christmas Party." Every year we go up to Salt Lake and meet with my dad's aunts, uncles, and specifically his grandpa. We all meet at a certain building up in Salt Lake. There is a game room; with foosball, a pool table, and ping pong. When we get there everybody hangs out in the gym or in the game room. Then, when dinner is ready we eat, and when that's through my great-grandpa has gifts for all of the grand kids and great-grand kids gifts, but all the kids over age 10 just get $10. In conclusion, the "Butterfield Christmas Party," is my favorite holiday tradition because I get to see family I almost never see.

Our Family Tradition

Every year a couple of days before Christmas, our family has a special tradition. We choose something to create or make from scratch, whether its a Christmas treat, a decoration, or something like candles that you can use all year long. Then, we find all of our family member's addresses(since most of them live out of state), put our gift we created in a box, and send it to them! We don't do this every year, but we do at least every other year. I have a lot of fun doing it with my parents and siblings! We get to look up ideas, or come up with our own! We came up with this tradition because we wanted to do something special that wasn't just for us, since it is the season of giving! We knew that its important to give around Christmas instead of receive. I looked up Christmas quotes through google, and the one I found said: "Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting." I really like this quote since it relates to our family's tradition. I love Christmas, and my family does too. Remember to give, and to have a merry Christmas!  

My favorite Christmas tradition is going out at night and looking at Christmas lights. Every year one night, or sometimes more than one, we go out and drive. While we drive we see all sorts of different displays out on different houses. Sometimes we drive around so much in the dark my mom thinks we're lost. But my dad always knows where we're going. It's fun seeing what other people come up with in there Christmas light displays, and also looking at what my family has done. In conclusion, Christmas lights is one of my favorite parts of Christmas.

Holiday Tradition

My favorite family holiday tradition is when all of our family comes up from California and Arizona and we do a big holiday fest along with opening presents early from us to our cousins and from our cousins to us.
It happens a week or two before Christmas happens so all of our family can come and have some fun with nieces and nephews, and it takes place at two different houses. We have dinner, listen to the adults talk politics, and the kids horse around for about an 1 hr. Then we go over to our next location. After the kids and teens get ready, they put on a nativity scene for the adults, while one of the adults reads the story. After that is over with, one teen tells the story about a Christmas tree and the kids put on cute, little ornaments for it. Then, we sing songs. After "Here Comes Santa Clause", Santa walks in. The kids always cry out in joy: "Look!! Its Santa Clause!!!", which makes the teens and adults laugh. Santa then gives presents to the kids and teens and we open them in front of the adults and Santa. We all cry out a "thank you" then Santa leaves. After that, we have cake and ice cream or pie and ice cream, and the adults carry on their talk politics, leaving the kids to go outside, play with their family, and the dogs, of course! Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

DECEMBER BLOG POST: DUE 12-22-2016

Well, hello Honors writers! 

For this month's post, I want you to write (using 1-3 explanatory-ACES-paragraphs) about your family's FAVORITE HOLIDAY TRADITION. It's fun to see how different families celebrate the holiday season. Be descriptive and have FUN with this. Remember, it's due on DECEMBER 22nd. Feel free to do it now and just be done ahead of time. Thanks!

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My favorite thanksgiving dinner dish is the oreo pie! I love it! That is the main reason why I love thanksgiving. It goes out so fast so I try to get as much as I can. It filled my mouth with joy. You guys should try it. Oreo pie is made with real oreos. The crust is crunchy, yummy, and the best. OREO PIE.