Christmas Traditions

So, there are a TON of photos from Christmas, even after I pared it down to just my favey-fave-favorites, so I'm splitting it up into 2 posts :) This post is about all the traditions that I LOVE about Christmas! They ended up in backwards order...not gonna fix it though

Christmas Jammies Tradition, most families I know of have this tradition, I love it. I love snuggling into the covers on Christmas Eve in brand new Jammies, it feels super special. Growing up, my mom usually made our Pajamas, and to this day, my favorite jammies are the ones she has made me. Sometimes we would get nightgowns, Steph and I always matched, and I even remember getting doll jammies that matched ours, SO cool. I remember one Christmas we even got new pillows and pillowcases, with our NAMES embroidered on them (SO COOL!). I love this tradition. When I was in College, my mom asked if we (Steph and I) thought we still wanted Christmas pj's....um, hello! Are you kidding me? It isn't a question of want, it's a NEED! So now that I'm married, John shops for my Christmas Jammies, cute :) And you saw the Jammies I made for Everett,

(I sold three of them in my etsy shop, and on Christmas Eve when I was putting them on Everett, I thought, hey, there are three other sweet little babies out there who are wearing these extra special super adorable jammies for their Christmas Eve traditions tonight! How cool!

So, all the kids always got Christmas Jammies, but my parents never did, this year though Steph found these SPECIAL leopard print ones that we just HAD to get for my mom (She's always telling us stories about how when she was growing up, she always had leopard print everything, lol! Pajamas, coat, gloves, dresses, you name it :) It was a fun surprise! We also gave Dad some Jammies :)

The Nativity Play

I adore this tradition. Even though we are grown ups now, we still act out the nativity. One year it was only me, scooter, and Steph, we each had to play like 3 parts, but it was awesome and we still did it! We read from Luke 2, and sing Christmas Hymns throughout the program.
We've been using the same costumes for a long time, mom's old robe, some graduation gowns, the same "gold, frankiseynse, and myrrh", the same Angel tinsel, and the same Manger basket. When mom was in charge of teh Creche, she made totally legit wiseman and shepherd robes, and we got these arabian head scarves from the middle east!


Good tidings of Great Joy! (I think I flubbed up my lines...doh!)
Joe's Beard was perfect...looks pretty good no? He shaved it on Christmas Day
Christmas Eve Dinner

We always have a fancy, semi-formal ham dinner with potato casserole, greenbean casserole, and sparkly grape juice punch, and We all dress up nice :)



What are your favorite traditions?