Sharing normal Christmas traditions ...

[Herbie]

We travel every year for Christmas. Going to nyc this year.

Mix it up between beaches, mountains, etc

 

[realbp]

We travel every year for Christmas. Going to nyc this year.

Mix it up between beaches, mountains, etc

Trying to get my wife on board with this concept. Maybe not every year, but definitely go on a vacation for Christmas rather than buying presents for our family.

 

[Tell_Sackett]

Butterscotch Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast and lots of pie.

 

[Herbie]

Trying to get my wife on board with this concept. Maybe not every year, but definitely go on a vacation for Christmas rather than buying presents for our family.

We’ve missed a year or two. But go visit my family in Nebraska for a couple days. We’ll do Christmas with her family down here for a day.
Then over Christmas we will just go somewhere. Our kids have enough shit, we’ve decided experiences are a better use of money.
NYC is going to be one of our more expensive trips we’ve done. But I travel a lot for work so at the very least our hotels are usually free

 

[Milo-of-Croton]

I grew up in an alcoholic Irish family, so we had potatoes and whiskey and got crocked.

 

[Milo-of-Croton]

Butterscotch Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast and lots of pie.

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Those butterscott rolls sound great! Can you recommended a recipe?

 

[DrinkItIn]

If you don't mind answering, what is your ancestral history??

My grandmother who was 100% polish made it.

 

[SoCal_Corn]

I watch as many HALLMARK Channel movies as possible.

 

[Tell_Sackett]

Those butterscott rolls sound great! Can you recommended a recipe?

I'll try to see if I can find one for you.

 

[jaihawk]

I watch as many HALLMARK Channel movies as possible.

At least the ones with Lacey Chabert in them...

 

[djw004]

We go on some sort of a Christmas trip every year. Some years far, some years nearby. Kids have started to look forward to it every year. 3-6 days and just jampack Christmas events into it.

With December being utterly insane, I love that it allows us to get away from everything, slow down, and really appreciate the season.

 

[SoCal_Corn]

At least the ones with Lacey Chabert in them...

Solid Choice, but I prefer Taylor Cole, Jill Wagner, and my new love, Jessica Lowndes

 

[djw004]

We go on some sort of a Christmas trip every year. Some years far, some years nearby.

For about 10 years or slightly longer, my wife and I sang with the Voices of Omaha performing Handel's Messiah at the Holland Performing Art Center. It is a great experience. They have a full Baroque Orchestra and 4 professional opera singers to sing the solos. The music is however what sets the stage for me emotively and experientially for the Christmas period.

As always the tradition of performing the Messiah is that it is done for free, with donations given to the poor in the cities it is performed in. The very first performance of the piece, in Dublin, resulted in the freeing of 150 individuals from debtors prison.

Handel isn't just a genius composer, whose music essentially lives in vivid colors in your head as you hear it; he is a lyricist whose words are a historical record of biblical prophecy of 2000 years.

IF you truly love music, just to hear the entirety, is to make tears wantonly pass the mental dams you might attempt to construct. It is simply as though God himself had written this piece.

You're a different breed of cat, brother. And I love it. Thanks for sharing.

One thing that has been so unexpected in fatherhood is how emotional I get during the Christmas Season. The reminders of provision in our lives, the seeming "peak" it is every year of fatherhood because of the reflection the season calls for, and the intentional time you get to watch your kids just brighten up and get lost in the joy of it all. I tear up a bit at every little thing haha

Friggin awesome.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

Trying to get my wife on board with this concept. Maybe not every year, but definitely go on a vacation for Christmas rather than buying presents for our family.

 

[ZJSARENOTFREE]

We go on some sort of a Christmas trip every year. Some years far, some years nearby. Kids have started to look forward to it every year. 3-6 days and just jampack Christmas events into it.

With December being utterly insane, I love that it allows us to get away from everything, slow down, and really appreciate the season.

That’s what we do now. Call it culture for Christmas. Have gone to Portugal, Dubai, Chamonix, Zurich, etc. leaving for Japan Friday. Our kids have enough toys and they like going to Christmas markets and fun things more. We get them a few small things but more travel and have fun

 

[Mavsker]

Same other than I like oysters, even from a can. You’re the first person I’ve “met” outside of my family with this tradition.

Add me to the list. My wife's family has always had chili and oyster stew at Christmas. If either of you or @realbp find out where this tradition originated I'd love to know

From what I can see it appears to be either an Irish-Catholic or Italian tradition but the family isn't either one so idk

 

[realbp]

Add me to the list. My wife's family has always had chili and oyster stew at Christmas. If either of you or @realbp find out where this tradition originated I'd love to know

From what I can see it appears to be either an Irish-Catholic or Italian tradition but the family isn't either one so idk

This comes from my maternal grandma’s side of the family, Danish. Potentially influenced by some Swedish heritage.