Special Tradition Holiday Lady Christmas Eve is the part of Christmas that I look forward to every year. My whole family plans a really big party. We have all kinds of food and we trade gifts to be opened on Christmas morning. We re-enact the Nativity story, and sing Christmas carols together. My dad dresses

My Italian-American Christmas muletime My family has been in the US since the turn of the century. My heritage is completly Italian, and so many of our Christmas traditions are derived from Italian traditions. First of all, Christmas is not Christmas unless we have the house extravagantly decorated by the Sunday after Thanksgiving. We put

Santa’s helpers GiGi Deb On Dec 1 Santa’s helpers (elves) appear at our houses. Usually only a few appear the first few days. As Christmas approaches the elves come out everywhere. They are here to watch the the children (and grandchildren). The children are sssoooo good because they know that if they misbehave the elf

A Tradition in the Making snowflake I love Christmas!! I always have. The shear excitement of knowing that I am celebrating the birth of MY Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is almost overwhelming. And when I say celebrate I mean CELEBRATE. My Christmas spirit usually comes out of hibernation around September. I start window shopping

Christmas In Ansonia, Ohio Adam Riffle Christmas in Ansonia, Ohio is really neat. Usually after Thanksgiving we start to put up our assortment of white lights. Snow begins to fall and it covers the ground. I love to ride my fourwheeler in the snow and pull my brother in our sled. It is really fun.

A Christmas Dissertation MisterMovie Do you think that there could be any time more magical time in the year than Christmas? In my opinion there is only one period of time that is just as magical, and just as important: Twilight. Twilight in any season, be it spring, summer, winter or fall, is as magical

Humorous Christmas! Mark Let’s talk about traditions first. Some traditions are good, some sad, and then some are funny when looked back upon. Like my husband and I; this is our fourth Christmas together, and one tradition that we’ve established is that we get a new kitten every year about this time. Of course, that’s

My Christmas DMYANK MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Christmas for our family is a very special time of the year. Not only is it a time of giving of presents and being with family, it is also about remembering that special night when our Savior was born. Now I know most of you out there don’t want to

A Very White Christmas in Ohio zoeyzigba I love the Christmas season. It starts for me probably about the day after Thanksgiving (for those who don’t live in the U.S. or Canada, Thanksgiving is a day we give thanks for all of the good things in our life). My family decorates the whole house with

What comes around, goes around! Jeni I was fortunate when I was younger. My family consisted of an older sister, two older brothers, Mom, Dad, cat, dogs, and a partridge in a pear tree! Anyway, we had a dad who lived for Christmas. We weren’t rich but Mom and Dad made sure that we had

What goes up must come down! Ben Last year, my family had a really bad Christmas. We had a very old Christmas tree that didn’t have a stand. It was an artificial one. Well anyway, my sister and I were watching “Dawson’s Creek” in the sun room, and all of a sudden we heard a

A Christmas in Santa Monica, California, U.S.A. smokey We all wake up really early and then we unwrap our gifts while my mom and dad make Christmas-shaped cookies. When they’ve finished we all sip our hot chocolate and eat the cookies. My brother and I then get dressed and go over to Wolfgang Puck’s where

Around the World Classrooms Peggy Greene I teach in a collaborative classroom. I am a teacher of the behavioral disordered students, but I am teaching one segment daily (social studies & science) in a reg. ed. 4th grade class. Idea — We decorated our 4th grade hall for Thanksgiving like Plymouth; the early settlers. For

California Christmas CaliforniaPoppy I grew up as a 5th generation Californian, and have some traditions that don’t seem to be the “norm” elsewhere. For example: in our Christmas stocking would *always* be a walnut, a tangerine, and a few small trinkets. For a long time, I just thought this (the walnut & tangerine) came down

My Christmas Poem Matt_Miller_Girl Christmas is a happy time, when family and friends can play a mime, or laugh and sing with friends so dear, it might even bring up a tear. Christmas is a time for joy, time to give a child a joyful toy, time to catch up on old news, and time