Our Family’s Santa Picture Tradition MapleMay99 Every year, since I was a baby, my mom has always made my sisters and I sit on Santa Claus’ lap in the mall. We have over 23 pictures of this because that is how old my sister is. The embarrassment of two teengers and an adult, standing in

Our Christmas in the U.S. Rhiannon Starting on December 1st, we use an Advent calendar to count the days remaining until Christmas. Our Advent calendars are Santa Claus figures with 24 pieces of yarn that are tied to 24 pieces of candy. You eat one piece of candy each day and the number of candies

Christmas on a Small Family Farm jdoubs We all usually get up and share the chores, then we go in and open presents. We usually do it by age. We almost always have coffe cake, then we have a HUGE “breakfast” at 10:00. It’s always fun!

Haitian-style Christmas in America renalda I have celebrated Christmas the Haitian way since I was young. My parents were from Haiti and brought me up this way. We are Christian, but we have diffrent traditions. We celebrate Christmas on the 24th not the 25th. We go to Mass on the night of the 24th. We

Christmas in Florida Jadzia1043 I’m a 15 year old from Florida. I moved here from Michigan when I was 5, so I don’t really remember much snow. But thats okay because a warm, sandy Christmas is as good as the rest! Here, its a pretty perky season with or without cold weather. We hang up

My Christmas Eve Ladyburd Hi! What I do on Christmas eve: We go to Mass at 5:30 in the evening and after that we go to my family’s home where we have ham, potato salad, baked beans, macaroni salad, deviled eggs, and all diffent kinds of food. Then my dad reads the bible before we

English Christmas in Tennessee Emma I was born and raised in England and moved to America when I was 14. I’m 23 now and still miss Christmas at home, although I have my own family now and this is essentially home. The beginning of the Christmas season begins for me around the 2nd week in

My Family Tradition Elf_2000 I really love Christmas at my house. My mom always makes tons of goodies to eat. We always get a real tree and we make our own decorations. It always looks so neat. We string cranberries and popcorn to wrap around the tree. (After we take down the tree we put

My Family ‘s Christmas NCSUMo85 Every year my family celebrates Christmas and it is wonderful! We have Christmas Eve at my house. The adults get together and open gifts. I am not allowed to go downstairs to see our gifts until 7:00 a.m. When we get to open gifts, my sister and I take turns.

Traditions of Poland in America GOSIA WE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS EVE BY NOT EATING MEAT ALL DAY. WE HAVE A 7 COURSE MEAL CONSISTING OF BEANS, FISH, VEGETABLES AND A VAST ARRAY OF CHRISTMAS DESSERTS. WE ALSO SHARE A POLISH WAFER BREAD CALLED AN “OPLATEK”. IT IS OUR “PEACE AND WISH” BREAD. WE ALL RECEIVE A

Christmas in Illinois Joaquim Gabriel Andrade There it was, a pile of presents! I could not stand it anymore. I had to open them up but my family’s tradition is that you have to wait for the parents to wake up. Hi! I’m Kathleen Ludwigsen. I was born in Santiago, Chile on April 19,1988. I

Antonio’s Christmas Story Joaquim Gabriel Andrade (By Antonio) Hi, I’m going to talk to you about the last Christmas I had. Well first of all, I had my last Christmas in U.S.A. We went to a friend’s house. We had mashed potatoes with gravy and turkey. It was the best thing ever. After that we

CHRISTMAS IN SEATTLE Joaquim Gabriel Andrade Last year I spent Christmas in Seattle, U.S.A. On Christmas Eve I saw my godsister sing in a choir. When we went home we went to sleep anxiously. The next morning my friend Stephen and I went down to open presents, but we had to wait for the parents

Christmas in the U.S.A. Joaquim Gabriel Andrade Christmas in the U.S.A is very cool, except when it doesn’t snow. We have Christmas Eve dinner and then we open one present before we go to sleep. My sister always wakes everyone up early, and we open up presents. We have breakfast after we open our presents.

Christmas in the Country H. Clark My family celebrations begin long before the holidays. We start early in the season with decorating the house and tree. We always celebrate with cousins and family members. The evening always starts with church and then back to the house to open a few gifts. The morning brings new