Holiday Traditions

The holidays are quickly approaching us - before we know it, they will all be here.

While searching around on Pinterest today, It got me to thinking about traditions.

Do you have any special holiday traditions you celebrate or partake in with your children and family?

My sister started taking Ryleigh, when she was a baby, to a pottery painting place to make Christmas ornaments every year - shes 5 now, so we have a nice little collection going.  Some have her hand-prints on them, some she just painted with whatever her favorite color was at that time.

I remember growing up, making all kinds of candies and treats with my mom for our holiday dinners and I also remember sometimes choosing an angel from the angel tree at our local mall and getting to go pick out a present for them.

My sister and I would also get to go shopping every year and pick out a new ornament for the tree.  We use to tease my mom that our Christmas tree looked like the stores holiday decoration department threw up on it, since there was no rhyme or reason to how the tree was decorated.   I have now started this tradition with my girls.  :)  It is fun to let them pick out their very own ornament for the tree each year and we have been writing the dates on the back.   I love to hear Ryleigh when she's pulling them out of the box saying "oh mommy! I got this one when we were in Disney" or "Mommy! I picked this one out right before baby sister was born."

We are looking for new traditions to start with the girls this year. We are looking into Elf On The Shelf  this year and maybe starting a holiday pajama tradition.

I would love for you to share with me what traditions you have or you want to start.