Comments on: The Best Christmas Eve Traditions for Families

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:18:27 +0000

In reply to Chelsea @ Life With My Littles. Those sound like great traditions!

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 07:02:09 +0000

In reply to Wendy.

What a fun idea, Wendy. I love it – especially the gingerbread elves 🙂 I haven’t made very many gingerbread houses before, but maybe we’ll have to make one this year. My son loves looking at them!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 04:24:58 +0000

Our family makes gingerbread houses in early December. When the kids were young, we paired up but as they got older, they started making their own houses. That night, the gingerbread elves move in to the houses. Sometimes, if you’re really quiet, you can hear them tapping as they work or you may find tiny footprints near a house. Then on Christmas Eve we put all the houses on the table and children get to use hammers to smash them open (the elves move out on Christmas Eve because they have to go help Santa). If the kids were good, then they elves will have left a gift inside (usually candy and coins).

By: Chelsea @ Life With My Littles

Chelsea @ Life With My Littles — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 22:10:06 +0000

Cute! We do some of these, too! My family always opened one present on Christmas Eve, and we got special Christmas pajamas to sleep in. Then we read The Night Before Christmas! I’m excited to do all those things at our house this year, too!