Now that you have gotten into the book a little bit, you have probably realized that the Christmas Jar is a tradition for people in the book.
I am sure some of this we will all already be familiar with from hanging out with each other...but, share some of your favorite traditions. They don't have to be Christmas traditions - they can be anything! What have you done that you love and has worked for your family or for yourself?
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Zac's family has a cool tradition at Christmas. We all write what gift we want to give Christ in the next year and we write it down and put it in the box. It's a good way to remember Christ.
ReplyDeleteOh... traditions are an ongoing item on my to-do-list. Steve thinks it's a little crazy but especially now that I'm a mom, I feel the need to establish and put into practice some great traditions for our family. We are going to write letters to everyone in the family to open on Christmas Eve and keep in books. I also want to start having an ongoing service project to work on in the house (like collecting stuff for humanitarian kits) then each General Conference put the project together/finish it then start another one. I guess I have more in mind I want to do rather than what I am doing already. Hopefully I'll get there.
ReplyDeleteWe try to do an act of service for someone, somewhere. We also have the kids all draw names of one another. They love doing that. We keep it a secret until Christmas morning. It is fun to see them get excited about buying for someone, and they love trying to figure out what that person might want. We do a fun breakfast Christmas morning - usually donuts, biscuts and gravy, cinnamon pull-aparts, etc. We all really look forward to that. We all get a new ornament each year. I write the kids' name on it with the year. Then, when they leave home they will take their ornaments with them and hopefully enjoy remembering past Christmases. That has been fun because the ornament usually reflects something they are interested in at the time or something they love at the time. Every year when we pull out their totes of ornaments it takes forever to decorate the tree because the kids go through each one and show them to each other - LOVE IT!!
ReplyDeleteWe would ask the Bishop of whatever ward we lived in if there was a family that needed some help at Christmas time. Then we would either try to fulfill their needs or else give the Bishop some money to use to help that family - always given anonymously. It's always amazing to me how many people right around us are really in need of help.
ReplyDeleteI also have loved having a family group service project at Christmas. It's nice to be involved in helping out others.
When I was growing up, my mom always made batches of cinnamon rolls to be delivered to friends and neighbors on Christmas Eve - usually while my dad was working at the Pharmacy. I remember many delivery trips with my mom and sisters (and sometimes my dad). It was great fun for the whole family, and we learned early the good feelings that come with sharing with others.