December 4th! Wow, that came fast, we were just eating turkey and pumpkin pie yesterday weren’t we?! Okay, so officially on December 1st, or the first weekend of December we’ve had the tradition to make it Christmas time around the house. My husband was up on the ladder outside decking the house with new lights. My daughter’s and I were inside the house putting up the tree and decorating. My son was in charge of getting boxes down and sorting through old and broken lights and ornaments.
We declared this day (weekend) family time and we made an effort to turn off all electronics and focus on family fun. 
Well into the evening our littlest took her toys and sat by the newly decorated tree and played by tree light.
THESE are the memories we want to make and remember every year!
That very evening we enjoyed another tradition, Hickory Farms goodies from their Pack and Go Picnic Tote (retails for $60).
Slicing up turkey and beef sausage, we had a taste test and all the girls preferred the turkey and the boys preferred the beef, but both are full of such amazing flavor. Stacking a slice of each sausage with a slice of Farmhouse Cheddar atop the crackers made for a delicious sandwich with a kick of rosemary. Saving our peanut brittle for grandpa, we endulged in the peppermint cookies and pretzels and vowed to make cookies and top them with the melt away mints when our bellies were full.
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Opening stockings! That always makes cherished memories!
My favorite tradition is to get together with my whole family and my dad plays harmonica and my brother the guitar. They play lovely songs!
selecting and trimming the tree together
Having a nice dinner with the family
eating pizza on Christmas eve
EATING! hahaha I love Xmas fooood!
We like to drive around looking at the lights.
I love to bake cookies on Christmas Eve with my young sons for Santa
I enjoyed when we always got together & would string popcorn for the christmas tree
Going to my inlaws we always have the best time baking and drinking spiked egg nog! 😉
Coming home from late Christmas Eve mass and making a fresh warm batch of chocolate chip cookies with my younger siblings for Santa. Actually now that we are married we have brought this tradition to our own families.
we have uncle norman day the day after xmas
I like all the hustle bustle shopping and wrapping gifts. I even wrap discount and dollar store items to make a huge lot of gifts to open 🙂
Decorating the house.
We like leaving cookies and milk in Santa’s plate and cup and throwing nuts outdoors for his reindeer
we open one gift christmas eve
One of our favorite traditions is to visit a neighboring small town for their holiday open house. We try food samples & collect recipes from many of the businesses then they have a lighted parade.
making our crooked/ugly/drippy gingerbread house
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I love my family’s xmas party.
Favorite tradition is always hanging stockings for all 4 of our kids(and their significant others as well). Even though our oldest is 27, he still gets a stocking filled by Santa and they always have a dot-to-dot book in it as well as other goodies. They groan, but look forward to it.
We have a Christmas Eve seafood dinner with my
husband’s family every year.
Coffee before presents, lol
Taking our family photo together every year to send out to everyone.
My favorite holiday tradition is giving a Hallmark ornament each year to each of my children and grandchildren since the year they were born. I love picking them out!
I quite enjoy decorating our Christmas tree as a family each year ^.^
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Spendning xmas eve together with the entire family!
One of our holiday traditions is to have a get together with the extended family from my Dad’s side. We have dinner and do a white elephant gift exchange.
Hickory Farms I can remember this store in the Mall Love everything about them
The youngest person hands outs the gifts.
putting up our 1950’s silver Christmas tree.
We open our presents on Christmas Eve because when we we young my Dad was a farmer and had to get up early to milk the cows, ect…
Baking with the kids while we listen to Christmas music.
Wasabi bloody Mary’s for my husband and I on Christmas morning!
Opening our presents one gift/one person at a time.
Favorite holiday tradition is the family stringing popcorn to decorate the Christmas tree.
Every Sunday before Christmas the women and older children of the family get together to make holiday cookies and candies. We then divide them onto trays to hand out to loves ones, co-workers and friends. Thanks.
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Decorating the tree after Thanksgiving
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everybody gets a new ornament each year. the ornament reflects something that happened to them that past year
Having a special dinner on Christmas Eve.
We love to go to the christmas eve candlelight service
We like to drive around looking at the lights.
My new favorite tradition is the Elf on a Shelf!
Baking Cookies and decorating them together
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Our favorite tradition is getting together and decorating sugar cookies.
Watching The Santa Clause and new pj’s on Christmas Eve
We bake a cake for Jesus for his birthday.
My favourite is taking family picture on Christmas Day
Baking cookies with the grandchildren.
I love decorating the Christmas tree as a family; we always bake cookies and listen to holiday music.
we love to get a new ornament every year for our tree, something that reminds us of the year
We have a family pot luck for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve!
just getting to see family
Driving around looking at lights
watching the little kids excitement as the big day gets closer!
Watching A Christmas Story on TV
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Baking and candy-making is so much fun.
making christmas cookies 🙂
I love reading the Christmas story before opening presents on Christmas Day!
Baking with my granddaughters.
Seafood for dinner on Christmas Eve
decorating the tree!
making christmas cookies!