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What is your favorite holiday tradition!
we enjoy going to the mall to shop for each other, it’s a fun tradition
Getting together with friends at Christmastime is always a nice tradition!
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One of my favorite holiday traditions is eating various seafood dishes on Christmas Eve.
My favorite tradition is our family shopping trip. About twenty of us drive to an outlet mall about an hour away on the Saturday before Christmas, and then have dinner together.
Baking cookies together is one of my favorites.
I love getting to be with family that I don’t see most of the year
caroling.
spending time with family-friends-the music-Christmas movies-decorating the tree
One of my favorite holiday traditions is baking and decorating gingerbread men and women cookies with my grandsons!
One of my favorite traditions is having a big christmas morning breakfast before leaving the house to visit relatives for the day. It’s our family time.
We like to make sugar cookies and listen to christmas music
My favorite holiday tradition is baking Christmas cookies with my daughter like I did with my mom and grandmother
Our favorite tradition is baking cookies together, my children get to pick a new recipe to try every year.
we like to bake and decorate Christmas cookies
I like going to the winter carnival and seeing Santa.
I enjoy getting together with the family for holiday dinners.
pancakes for breakfast on Christmas morning before gifts
We love to make baklava, cookies and other baked goodies!
Baking cookies is one of my favorite holiday traditions.
Our best tradition is to make the trek back to Mom’s house every year and exchange gifts and have some great food
We like to drive around and look at all the lights and decorations around town.
My favorite tradition is decorating the tree and the having hot cocoa and cookies afterwards.
Eating homemade borscht. Yum!
Choosing a special ornament for each of my children to represent this year is one of my favorite traditions.
One sister plays the piano and the rest of us sing carols. HAS to be done before supper and while waiting for presents.
One of my favorite holiday traditions is opening presents on Christmas morning. Thanks for the giveaway!
I like getting together Christmas eve with the family and playing games.
I love driving around looking at Christmas lights and having hot chocolate and holiday desserts afterwards.
One of my favorite Christmas traditions is Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.
We like to bake Christmas cookies.
i love decorating the tree and house for christmas
My favorite are decorating the tree together and baking cookies together!!
I love bking and decorating cookies with my family.
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We love baking cookies.
Baking for Santa on Christmas Eve with my girls is my favorite tradition. thank you!
My favorite Holiday tradition is having baking Santa Cupcakes and having movies and popcorn on Christmas Eve. I hope when my kids are older they do the same with my Grandchildren.
I do enjoy baking cookies and cakes.
Christmas dinner with friends is a nice tradition!
We like to drive around and look at the lights.
we love making sugar cookies
We always bake cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning. Its a must do!
Baking Christmas treats is always a fun tradition!
I let each of my children pick a favorite dessert that we make together and then after each one has made their favorites we make goody baskets for our family and friends
I give a new Christmas ornament to the grandkids every year.
The kids love making pancakes for breakfast Christmas morning.
Putting on Christmas music and decorating the tree with the kids. I also like holiday baking with the kids. It is a wonderful time.
Favorite holiday tradition is making cut out sugar cookies with the kids
My favorite is the Live Semifinal Eliminations. I love the show!
We buy the kids in the family gifts, but the adults, we do one secret santa exchange and donate money we would have spent on gifts to a local charity or person in need.
getting together with friends and family for a good Dinner.
The girls in the family get together to wrap presents and drink wine.
My daughter playing Christmas songs on the piano is always special!
I love our work function at work, we never get to eat together so it is nice.
We like watching Christmas movies on Christmas Eve.
We like making holiday crafts or ornaments for the tree.
Every year my kids and I make an ornament with their pictures on it. We have 12 of them already! Love looking back at them!
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We have fun making a gingerbread house every year.
decorating the Christmas tree