Comments on: Saturday Chit-Chat (December2)

By: Sue Mont

Sue Mont — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:17:49 +0000

I really enjoyed reading all the plot monkeys holiday traditions. I am Jewish and my husband in not. So we have the Menorahs and a tree. I felt so comfy and happy reading your pieces. My mom-in-law( we get along-mostly) is cuban and we do x-mas eve with her and my husbands family. It was a culture shock for me at first but after 20 years of marriage I really look forward to it. If it is during Hannukka we bring a dreydil( they all have one too, from us, so we have lots of dreydils spinnning about!) and play and I make or bring the Potato Latkas( w applesauce of course). It is a nice blending.Happy Holidays everybody!

By: Gigi

Gigi — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:42:22 +0000

You ladies have wonderful traditions.

A guess one of the nicest we still do is load up the family and drive to all the houses and subdivisions to look at ther Christmas decorations. This includes the family dog. :doggie:

We always go over to my mom and dads house Christmas Eve (like Janelle) and open presents. Like you Julie I am Santa’s helper (yep, I wear the red hat) and pass out presents. We have been doing this everyyear since I married in 1984.
The Christmas Eve meal is usually lasagne or pizza.
I remeber when I was a kid having to get up Christmas Morning open presents then we had to leave for grandma and grandpa which was over an hour away. I could only take one of my new toys with me. I hated going. I think all my cousins felt the same way. We wanted to stay home and play with the new toys.

By: Donna M

Donna M — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:08:51 +0000

It sounds like everyone has some fun traditions for the holidays. Since I am divorced the traditions have changed & changed more when my daughters became adults & started their own families. One daughter has always lived close by & the other daughter has mostly lived in other states, several of them! I often spend Christmas Eve alone & that is okay it gives me an evening of calm & doing anything I want! Christmas Day I usually go to my daughters. When my grandson was younger he & his mom use to come to my house for Christmas Eve but now that he is a teenager we don’t do that any more. My daughter works at a hospital & I don’t know what her schedule is yet for Christmas & Christmas Eve. What ever I do will be enjoyable. :love2:

By: Liza

Liza — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:19:30 +0000

Our Christmas eve tradition has always been homemade pizza by my dad(I still really only like his pizza to this day). We always left pizza and beer for Santa(as a child I never really thought this was strange either)LOL. Christmas eve we always go to the 11 pm Christmas service and are just finishing up the service when Christmas day arrives.One of my family’s biggest traditions now actually happens the weekend before Christmas. All of my Dad’s brother’s and sister’s and all their families come in to town on the same weekend and we just sit around talking, eating, drinking, visiting, eating and just having a blast!!! I look forward to that day all year long.

By: Michele L.

Michele L. — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:55:34 +0000

I love reading all the unique and different Christmas traditions everyone has. My husband and I like to make special tags on our presents for each other that say something funny or special. We have kept them all from the past 21 years! (I need to scrapbook them into a binder)

Our traditions are going around each year and looking at all the Christmas lights in town on people’s houses. Then, we like driving through the large parks near us that have these huge light displays that we like to drive through at least a dozen times!

We always watch all the Christmas specials every year, Charlie Brown, the Grinch, etc. We play Christmas music through the holidays. Little by little I decorate the house inside and out. We just started buying a live Christmas tree last year. We used to put up an artificial tree.

We gather at my mom’s for Christmas. We usually have a nice dinner and open our presents after that. We go to our church for the special Christmas program they have every year. Also, my husband and I always go the Madrigal dinner that our high school puts on every year. That is always so much fun and puts you into the spirit.

Also, my husband and I just started a tradition last year of going to the Star Plaza Theater in Merrilville, Indiana to see the Christmas concert special. This year it is Peabo Bryson, Stepahnie Mills, James Ingram, and Deniece Williams. That should be fantastic!

Have a blessed and Merry Christmas everyone!

By: Estella

Estella — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:55:58 +0000

Love these insightful Saturday blogs!

By: jeannie

jeannie — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:00:32 +0000

Oh Janelle give in. I have so down sized over the years. When I was young I had the tree with all Hallmark ornaments and being a teacher I got lots of them around the holidays. The neighborhood kids loved to visit for hot chocolate and the special tree. We have a small fiber light tree now it is easier for us working and age etc. My favorite thing is to watch the childrens eyes light up as they oooo and ahhhh. There is something very special about the look on a child’s face where they are shining in the glow of lights or candles. Does anyone remember when all the store windows had small villages and moving people. Every window was different. I’m sure it still happens in some big city windows but I haven’t seen anything like ones in my memories for 40 years. My favorite thing at the holidays is the way the house never loses it’s delicious aromas. Back to work here so I can afford :present::present:

By: Cryna

Cryna — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:21:35 +0000

Love reading about all the Christmas traditions……….

By: Janelle

Janelle — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:42:06 +0000

Jeannie — I love that tradition. Very cute!

My girls are bugging me to drag out the Christmas tree and ornaments today. It’s about 70 degrees here in Southern California, and it so doesn’t “feel” like Christmas, LOL!

By: jeannie

jeannie — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:29:32 +0000

We are pretty traditional around the holidays and Janelle’s Christmas Eve and Day, family visits have always worked well here too. After my granddaughter was about 3 we developed a new tradition. She hated spinach so my dh wrapped up a can and gave it to her. It was all about getting that “ewwwe photo op” The following year she hid it in something and when he openned it even her Mom was surprised it was in the box. Now every year the one who has the Christmas spinach slips it into someone’s gift and it always gets a laugh. Just a silly thing that makes for some holiday cheer.
Happy Holidays all!