Comments on: 30+ Memorable Christmas Traditions for Families

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:45:48 +0000

In reply to Katie. Your welcome. This year we are doing a game. The price if $5 gift which let me tell you was difficult I made mine for the three of us. A block that says WISE MEN STILL SEARCH FOR HIM. Used red white vinyl. Board pallet from Michael's and my adult son picked the theme then we put a start on it and added lights. Did a deer (vinyl) on canvas and put lights on it too. Anyway you have one person open and they can exchange with someone else, but once you open it you are done. So should be something different and fun.

By: shawn

shawn — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 03:17:07 +0000

In reply to Kara. I love this! When I was about 12, my older sister and I tied a booby trap like thing from our little brother's bedroom doorknob, to the foot of his bed and then around his toe and we tied a cowbell to it. That same Christmas morning he woke up went downstairs to the train set going around the tree that our dad set up for us or him actually and then he came up and started to describe what our presents looked like ....what sants might have brought us.. Kind of backfired on my sister and I.

By: Julie Brown

Julie Brown — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 01:32:20 +0000

We always have our extended family Christmas on Christmas Eve. A few years ago the little kids took it upon themselves to do the Christmas Story play. They worked on it starting in Nov. The gathered all the stuffed animals they could find to fill the stable, they wrote there own lines to the birth of Jesus according to what they have heard at church. They even had scripture to back it up. They had made their own costumes and even sang songs. It was the best Christmas Eve play I have ever seen because it was from their hearts. The “older kids” (they were only 8-9 years old and as young as 2 years old on the first Christmas Story Play) Now the older kids help the up and coming kids with their play! It has become a family tradition! Just so neat to see the kids act out the birth of Jesus and all it means to them. One year the animals were zoo animals and baby Jesus was a big brown stuffed bear lol but it was how THEY saw the story. There is a few laughs at what they come up with but there are a few tears too, just seeing their hearts and the real meaning of Christmas!

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 03:21:22 +0000

In reply to Brittany. I love that! Thanks so much for sharing!

By: Brittany

Brittany — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:09:45 +0000

LOVE this list, thanks for sharing, my family will definitely be starting some new ones this Christmas! One in particular we do is kind of silly and not really Christmas-ey, but since our first daughter was born, we’d fill up her room with red and green balloons for her to wake up to 🙂 I’m so excited to do this for our younger daughter this year. Happy (early) Holidays!

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 18:42:04 +0000

In reply to Diane. All these ideas are so fun. Thank you so much for sharing.

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 00:04:40 +0000

Another thing you can do is use the tubes from wrapping paper (I know we do bags so don’t have much) however thought the year I do come up with a few. Then we have a sword fight, nothing mean just fun to see who’s sword we can break first. Cost is nothing to have some fun.
Christmas Eve I usually do and I have come up games: Bingo, if you have a number you can go and get a gift which we only spent $1. We once did questions. Like what was your best Christmas and everyone has to tell, what was your favorite cookie and my SIL said rum Balls and her husband said remember the cookies you did and they looked like “V” and we laughed so hard, the funniest Christmas ever. List goes on and on. One year we all had to wear a Santa hat and if i said Santa hat you had to take it off and oh my people were caught off guard. Winner of course got a prize first to take theirs off. On year we had to wear our PJ’s because everyone would be going home and getting ready for bed any way. Just things that don’t cost but are fun.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 03:00:57 +0000

In reply to Ellen. I am so glad that you enjoyed it! Thank you for stopping by! =)

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 17:50:57 +0000

In reply to Pam. What a great tradition. I love it!

By: Pam

Pam — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:41:58 +0000

We make a birthday cake for Jesus and sing Happy Birthday to him before dessert is served. I started it with my own kids and now we do it with all the grandchildren. They love it!!