I'm sure if your family has Christmas traditions, some of them you probably don't know how they really came about...or why they stuck. So it is in our family.
For instance, we put up our Christmas tree the second Saturday of December: the day Navy plays Army. Go Navy! Beat Army! Which they have for the past eleven years...so I'm guessing that's now a tradition, too. :)
Grace goes around and says to Abby almost every time she sees her, "It's almost Christmas, Charlie!" Not sure when Grace started this one, but it can be explained. "Charlie" is Abby's nickname. The line comes from The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever which we watch every Christmas Eve...I think still on VHS!
The whole point of making a Christmas list is not really to suggest to your many siblings and parents what you really want. It's more of a "if you have a million dollars to spend on me, I would like a _______". Some of us are much more creative than others. Caleb's list is just plain creative: this year he wanted a sister who would fill the soap dispenser (and probably one that would replace the toilet paper).
Although if you asked Abby, this is our last Christmas with "children" in the house. (Next year Caleb will be 18...but, of course, age does not qualify adulthood as I'm sure you know.) So what makes very little sense is that Grace (who will turn 23 two weeks after Christmas) still bounces around the house in abject excitement from Thanksgiving until Christmas and then until her birthday. Or why we still get up at six in the morning to open gifts!
And lastly, this tradition has now fallen to the wayside: we would all take one day to do all our Christmas shopping together. That does still occur for those at home, but...Daniel is no longer there to buy some random form of deodorant at Wal-mart or get dragged into Bath and Body because all we girls need a couple of extra arms to try out all the scents. (The latter he's probably quite grateful for.)
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