Traditions

Okay so I was going to post this earlier but never got around to it. I have been thinking a lot about family traditions lately...you know being the holiday season and all. I have always LOVED holidays...and birthdays...which to me are like your very own special holiday! I think its so fun and important to make a big deal out of holidays....some obviously way more than others! When I was little I can remember some of the fun traditions we did as a family and how Thanksgiving and Christmas always seemed like such big events, that were to be anticipated and looked forward to. Things have definitely changed as I have grown up. It made me sad this year to see that my family has pretty much lost the feeling of the holidays being much of a big event and any signs of tradition. I was a little frustrated Christmas Eve when it seemed like things were just going to be almost like another day. To me, there should be food....LOTS OF FOOD...food that is special and you usually only eat for the holidays! There should be movies you watch, or games you play, or songs you sing, or stories you read, or activities you do, w your families or friends or whoever it is that you spend your holidays with! Things that give you those fab memories and make you look forward to every holiday season! I love it to be a big party!
So I sat down w my dad and we made out a list and went down the store to get all that yummy food we needed to be eating! I decided that if no one else was going to do it, I would make sure we had things to make it feel like a special day...dang it! I made pies, and appetizers and some foods I have always loved to eat for Christmas. I made my family do some of the things we used to do...and I felt better about it! Ha. It did turn out to be a nice day spent w the fam, but it made me realize how important traditions are to me. I have thought a lot about what traditions I want to have w my own family, whenever that time comes. I want to have those things that my kids anticipate and can expect every year. Things that they can grow up remembering and carry on to their own families as well. So here is to Traditions...may they be remembered and passed on, and new ones started!