Holiday Traditions: Christmas Greetings
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The Christmas Pickle
Baking on Christmas Day Several years ago, our family started observing the tradition of the Christmas pickle: “The night before Christmas it’s hung on the tree; While everyone’s sleeping, it’s done secretly; And on Christmas morning when you arise, The first one to find it will get a surprise.” Some say this is a German…
Christmas in January?
We celebrated Christmas at our house today. Yes, on January 25. One month after our traditional Christmas celebration, a date that is total coincidence and in no way planned. You see, a couple of weeks before Christmas, the boys shopped the AWANA store night for gifts for one another. The good folks at our AWANA…
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Happy Birthday, Jesus!: A New Holiday Tradition
For years, I’ve wanted to make a birthday cake for Jesus with the boys on Christmas day, but for one reason or another, this is one tradition that never came to be – until this year. This year, Connor’s Classical Conversations co-op teacher gave each of the children in her class a “Birthday Cake for…
Let there be Peace on Earth
… and between brothers. Tonight we rode the Metro into DC to see the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse. While I’d like to say it was a joyous time of family togetherness and Christmas spirit, it truly wasn’t. Both boys whined and complained and fought, Patrick yelled, and I wondered why we bother. Hmmm……
Christmas Baking
Each year at the start of our Christmas preparations, I have lofty plans of baking a variety of cookies in time for the holidays and each year, I manage to bake one or two batches of cookies at most. This year though was going to be different! Ryan and I were going to bake each…