Tradition!

Tradition!

{watched Fiddler On The Roof lately? I haven't, but whatever.}

I love Christmas time. One of my favorite things about Christmas is fun traditions {ones that I grew up with & ones that we have started with our family}.

• Advent calendars are big in our house. If I had time and money I'd make and buy as many as I could. The kids love it when it's their turn to open/hang/move.
  

• Eddie The Elf came back to visit this year. The kids are beyond excited, as you can see. So am I {"Eddie's watching....."}

  
  
  

• We started a new tradition this year, thanks to an early Christmas gift from my Aunt Anita. The Magic Christmas Blanket.The kids get to take turns with it every day. When it's their day they can do whatever {well, almost} they want with it....cuddle, make a fort, wear it as a cape....They get to sleep with it that night, and it's a proven fact that you have the best Christmas dreams when you sleep with the magic blanket!

• Christmas movies are also big at our house. Some of our favorites include:

Miracle on 34th Street

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

White Christmas

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Polar Express

The Santa Clause trilogy

Scrooge {the Albert Finney version}

A Muppet Christmas Carol

A Christmas Story

• Of course I can't forget the Christmas books! The kids love to find the book box amid all the Christmas stuff. We read one Christmas book every night until Christmas {and many in between!}. My mom gives us a new Christmas book each year and we love adding to the collection!

These are a few of our traditions. What are yours?