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[quote=Anonymous]We have a Christmas countdown Disney book that I hate and am hoping to replace this year (kids are 4 and 7). It’s a different story every night starting December 1. The kids love it.

We also have an advent/Christmas countdown calendar, that I’d like to swap out for a nicer one. (Again, I think this is a good year to make the change before I’m blamed for getting rid of the beloved crappy Amazon last minute thing that grandma sent during Covid when she realized we didn’t have one.)

Baking ginger bread cookies

Making/painting salt dough ornaments (some years), but this is a good one with little ones. The handprints are cute. I actually have a set framed in my office.

We pick up our tree from the farmers market in our wagon, which is a long walk home but fun.

Driving around looking at Christmas lights with Christmas music playing. This year we’ll be able to do some of that walking, since they’re older. We did it in strollers when they were very little.

That’s about it.

On the ornaments - oof. I have a million from when I was a kid, so does my husband, and our moms each give each kid an ornament every year (so my 7 year old has received 14 ornaments from grandmas already), and there are a few I made with the kids that are sentimental… we have so. Many. Ornaments. Every year I purge a few, including the ones given to the kids. It’s too many ornaments!!! Something to keep in mind when you’re thinking of creating that tradition.

The other thing I keep in mind is what I can realistically replicate every year without it being too stressful. I’ve seen my mom get worked up in recent years about traditions that aren’t being continued and it is really sad for her. So my list is very small. I want to focus the tradition on spending time together as a family, even if the things we do vary from year to year. 
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