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Holiday traditions

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Deety

Deety

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Had a nice conversation about traditions with jwin the other day, and I thought it would be interesting to see what others do for the holidays. Here are a few of mine:

Community - Our entire subdivision used to work together to put luminaries along all our roads on Christmas Eve. The police and firefighters escorted Santa Claus and his gigantic sleigh filled with caroling teenagers through the neighborhoods. The kids would hear "Ho, ho, ho!" over the loudspeakers and run outside to see the lights and wait as Santa handed a small gift to each child. Lived there long enough be the kid running outside and the teenager on the sleigh. It was a great way to bring people together - and to get the wee ones calmed down enough to sleep a little. :)

Family - Everyone in my family had a mouse ornament representing him or her on the tree. When my brother was born, I apparently threw a tantrum because he needed a mouse in order to be part of the family. We found one - in July - and all was merry.

Personal - As a Sunday School activity, we received little mangers in which to place a piece of hay for doing good deeds out of the ordinary. Had to do enough good to fill the manger so baby Jesus would be comfortable on Christmas morning. I don't have the manger any more, but have sort of adopted the idea in other ways. It's a nice way to keep focused.

Your turn! :)
 
When I was a kid, we used to drive to Minnesota to visit with my extended fam. over the X-mas break. So, we'd have our family x-mas (my mom, dad, and sisters,that is) here in C-bus before we left (Usually some time around the 19th, which was AWESOME as a kid) Anyway, some how we got in the habit of having Taco's and Big K Soda (for you East Coasters, Pop for the midwest contingent) for dinner instead of Ham and the like... so, I have Tacos and Big K Soda/Pop now.
 
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The Airing of Grievances: At the Festivus dinner, each participant tells friends and family all of the instances where they disappointed him or her that year.

The Feats of Strength: The head of the family tests his or her strength against one participant of the head's choosing. Festivus is not considered over until the head of the family has been pinned to the ground. A participant is allowed to decline to attempt to pin the head of the family only if they have something better to do instead.
 
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Every Christmas eve, after returning home from the evening or midnight mass, we'd all take turns hanging our stockings. Then we'd have the annual reading of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, and we'd put out milk and cookies for Santa. Santa always left a thank you note. When we were old enough to realize that Santa's handwriting looked suspiciously like Dad's, we said nothing and simply started putting out Dad's favorite cookies with a can of Coke (Dad's beverage of choice) instead of milk.

I still always end up spending the night at my parents' house on Chrismas Eve, and we still hang the stockings and read the book. And, at the age of 30, I still put out the cookies.
 
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We get drunk too....

In fact my whole extended family gets pretty drunk at almost all family functions.

So much so that a tradition has been born from it. One year my uncle got so drunk he needed a cab to get back to a hotel they were staying at. He could not even say what he needed, just "I'm a Taxi" So the next year my Aunt made him a big yellow T-Shirt with black and white checkers across the front and the word Taxi and gave it to him for Christmas.

Since then, the tradition is that whomever in the family got the most drunk and embarrassed themselves the most at any function during the year gets awarded the Taxi Shirt from the previous owner at Christmas. Typically a wedding, or another large get together will breed some serious competition for the shirt. The great thing about my family is that nobody gets belligerent, or nasty, we all seem to be pretty easy going drunks.
 
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We get drunk. :biggrin:

It's not a holiday gathering with the family until someone passes out playing Left-Right-Center.

At Thanksgiving, mom broke her foot. :lol:

My Christmas gift to you all (yes, it's even an orange/fruity drink that NDC can enjoy):

'Sneaky Pete' (Gin & Juice)

750mL Seagram's Gin
2 cups Powdered Sugar
2 cups Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail
1 can Minute Maid Orange Juice Concentrate
1 can Minute Maid Lemonade Concentrate
48oz (4 cans) Sprite

Pour gin into large plastic Rubbermaid/Tupperware-type bowl. Add sugar slowly stirring with wire wisk until sugar is dissolved into gin. Add all remaining ingredients, stirring continuously. Place in freezer, stir occassionally (about once every hour). For best results, freeze for 24-36 hours before serving.

Serves one large family!
 
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Dryden said:
We get drunk. :biggrin:

It's not a holiday gathering with the family until someone passes out playing Left-Right-Center.

At Thanksgiving, mom broke her foot. :lol:

My Christmas gift to you all (yes, it's even an orange/fruity drink that NDC can enjoy):

'Sneaky Pete' (Gin & Juice)

750mL Seagram's Gin
2 cups Powdered Sugar
2 cups Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail
1 can Minute Maid Orange Juice Concentrate
1 can Minute Maid Lemonade Concentrate
48oz (4 cans) Sprite

Pour gin into large plastic Rubbermaid/Tupperware-type bowl. Add sugar slowly stirring with wire wisk until sugar is dissolved into gin. Add all remaining ingredients, stirring continuously. Place in freezer, stir occassionally (about once every hour). For best results, freeze for 24-36 hours before serving.

Serves one large family!
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That shit tastes like candy!!! My mother has a similar recipe, except with vodka rather than gin. I could drink a gallon of those. :drunks:

Then I would die. :dead:
 
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