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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by HomeIsWithU
I love this thread!!!!!!!
1. We put the tree up and decorate the day after Thanksgiving. We make hot chocolate and play xmas music while we deocrate.
2. My mom bakes what she calls "Christmas morning treasure buns" every Christmas morning and we eat them while we're opening presents.
3. We each get a new ornament for the tree every year
4. Every year my dad buys my mom and I a box of our favorite chocolate covered pretzels for our stockings.
5. We always leave christmas cookies and milk out for Santa.
6. In past years, Xmas Eve was for extended family and Xmas day was spent at home playing with our gifts. This year we're moving into our first place and we have DS, so xmas eve will be with extended family again but I think xmas morning we will invite both sets of Grandparents over to open presents with DS and have a big Christmas brunch.
This thread gave me some great ideas - I love reading everyone else's traditions. I think this year we'll start Elf on a Shelf for DS and I love the pajama idea for xmas eve! Also love the idea of camping out under the xmas tree and watching movies.
To the OP - great thread idea!! I'm bookmarking this one 
Thx!!........glad you like it!
I love ur reply. So.........can you share????.............what is a Xmas Morning Treasure Bun??!!! It sounds scrumptious!! Recipe please!!!!
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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
I am adding a new one this year now that my DD is 3............NYC Holiday Trip! My DH company shuts down for the last two weeks of the year so the week leading into Xmas we're taking Emerson into the city to see the Radio City Show and the tree. I CANNOT wait.
My DD LOOOOOVES to bake and cook so for her bday we got her real chef tools but that are made for kids so I am VERY excited to cook and bake up a storm with her this season.
There are SO many things I would LOVE to do............I need Xmas to be THREE months long!! 
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| Posted 10/12/11 3:18 PM |
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Metsmomma
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
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We are both Jewish but we have one Christmas tradition. Dinner DOWNSTAIRS at:
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Jews-a-plenty in Chinatown on Christmas!
On Chanukah, we make sure we light candles and say the prayers every night in Hebrew - particularly since we had kids so they are exposed to our faith and its culture as early as possible.
Oh ad I always post my menorahs HERE each night as well as the proper way to light them for inside and outside use. Though last year I lost computer use and couldn't!
this is my fave Chinese restaurant in the city!!!
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| Posted 10/12/11 7:00 PM |
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shelby34
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
When we were kids, my brother and I had little trees in our room with our own special ornaments. Santa left one present under that tree, each year...which was very exciting to wake up to 
So, this year, we are going to get our twins their own little trees, and add a special ornament each year.
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jakesfamily
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by jgl
my mom always bought us (and still does   ) christmas pjs and gives them to us xmas eve.
Same here. Have to look your best for Santa! We usually all dress up a little for Christmas eve, but we change into the PJs as soon as we open them and take a picture in front of the tree (we do Christmas eve with extended family so it makes for a fun group shot.) Plus then everyone gets to be comfy for the ride home, and little ones who fall asleep in the car can be carried right into bed. :)
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| Posted 10/12/11 8:34 PM |
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jakesfamily
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by shelby34
When we were kids, my brother and I had little trees in our room with our own special ornaments. Santa left one present under that tree, each year...which was very exciting to wake up to
My parents did this too, and we were allowed to open that present right away. I think it was their way of getting 5 more minutes of sleep. I had sort of forgotten about that until I read this. I think I will have to start doing it with DS.
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| Posted 10/12/11 8:47 PM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by jakesfamily
Posted by shelby34
When we were kids, my brother and I had little trees in our room with our own special ornaments. Santa left one present under that tree, each year...which was very exciting to wake up to
My parents did this too, and we were allowed to open that present right away. I think it was their way of getting 5 more minutes of sleep. I had sort of forgotten about that until I read this. I think I will have to start doing it with DS.
Love this idea!!! Totally stealing!!!
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| Posted 10/13/11 9:46 AM |
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HomeIsWithU
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Thx!!........glad you like it!
I love ur reply. So.........can you share????.............what is a Xmas Morning Treasure Bun??!!! It sounds scrumptious!! Recipe please!!!!
Absolutely!! I have the recipe at home and I happen to have to run home at lunch today anyway - I'll grab it and post it in a bit
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labonnevie
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
i LOVE LOVE LOVE this thread- so glad you bumped it because i forgot to notebook it last year!
DD will be 20months at christmas, we are starting elf on the shelf this year and i can't wait!
when we get out tree we always order pizza & salad and listen to christmas music while we decorate and i make mint chocolate chip cookies & hot chocolate when we finish and we sit and look at our finished tree :)
my mother makes eggs, sausage & we enjoy the portugese sweet bread my uncle makes for breakfast every christmas morning.
we also open our christmas pjs the night before and at 30, i still look forward it new pjs!
my mother makes a roast with spinach, twice baked potatoes & other sides for dinner then we do karaoke (not sure how it started, but every year we do it and it just stuck!).
stockings are done before bed, and we each chose a name at thanksgiving for whose stocking we stuff.
can't wait for christmas now!
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| Posted 10/13/11 11:15 AM |
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Xelindrya
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Fun thread! We really didn’t have any. Thanks to Mom who strived to scare us from Santa. Haha
So we’ve been starting our own. Hubby and I get ornaments every year that sum up the whole year or something important. Last year we got one that says “our home” and the year. One year it was mice baking because I baked like a mad woman that year. Etc. Too bad I keep misplacing them LOL But one day we’ll find them all.
With AJ just last year (she was 2) we started letting her help me put the tree up (plastic) she helps decorate it. I have video of her last year busily putting up the ornaments singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. So she’ll help me fix the tree then we make gingerbread cookies together. Last year she helped by pushing on the cutter and moving it from the tray to the cookie sheet for me. This year I hope she can help decorate. Going to make sugar ones this year that she can sprinkle.
We’ve also try to always get xmas photos of her in a santa hat and with The Grinch who stole Christmas book. Its neat to see one year over the next with the same book.
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| Posted 10/13/11 11:29 AM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by HomeIsWithU
Thx!!........glad you like it!
I love ur reply. So.........can you share????.............what is a Xmas Morning Treasure Bun??!!! It sounds scrumptious!! Recipe please!!!!
Absolutely!! I have the recipe at home and I happen to have to run home at lunch today anyway - I'll grab it and post it in a bit
You rock!! 
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| Posted 10/13/11 1:43 PM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by labonnevie
i LOVE LOVE LOVE this thread- so glad you bumped it because i forgot to notebook it last year!
DD will be 20months at christmas, we are starting elf on the shelf this year and i can't wait!
when we get out tree we always order pizza & salad and listen to christmas music while we decorate and i make mint chocolate chip cookies & hot chocolate when we finish and we sit and look at our finished tree :)
my mother makes eggs, sausage & we enjoy the portugese sweet bread my uncle makes for breakfast every christmas morning.
we also open our christmas pjs the night before and at 30, i still look forward it new pjs!
my mother makes a roast with spinach, twice baked potatoes & other sides for dinner then we do karaoke (not sure how it started, but every year we do it and it just stuck!).
stockings are done before bed, and we each chose a name at thanksgiving for whose stocking we stuff.
can't wait for christmas now!
I like the stocking stuffer idea!!!!
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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by Xelindrya
Fun thread! We really didn’t have any. Thanks to Mom who strived to scare us from Santa. Haha
So we’ve been starting our own. Hubby and I get ornaments every year that sum up the whole year or something important. Last year we got one that says “our home” and the year. One year it was mice baking because I baked like a mad woman that year. Etc. Too bad I keep misplacing them LOL But one day we’ll find them all.
With AJ just last year (she was 2) we started letting her help me put the tree up (plastic) she helps decorate it. I have video of her last year busily putting up the ornaments singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. So she’ll help me fix the tree then we make gingerbread cookies together. Last year she helped by pushing on the cutter and moving it from the tray to the cookie sheet for me. This year I hope she can help decorate. Going to make sugar ones this year that she can sprinkle.
We’ve also try to always get xmas photos of her in a santa hat and with The Grinch who stole Christmas book. Its neat to see one year over the next with the same book.
You know what was fun, last year I did gingerbread with Emerson but I found this giant gingerbread man pan and we made a big  and a big  one that she decorated. It was great because she would've lost interest in too many cookies to decorate. I think I got it in Michael's.
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sugar-magnolia
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by HomeIsWithU
I love this thread!!!!!!!
1. We put the tree up and decorate the day after Thanksgiving. We make hot chocolate and play xmas music while we deocrate.
2. My mom bakes what she calls "Christmas morning treasure buns" every Christmas morning and we eat them while we're opening presents.
3. We each get a new ornament for the tree every year
4. Every year my dad buys my mom and I a box of our favorite chocolate covered pretzels for our stockings.
5. We always leave christmas cookies and milk out for Santa.
6. In past years, Xmas Eve was for extended family and Xmas day was spent at home playing with our gifts. This year we're moving into our first place and we have DS, so xmas eve will be with extended family again but I think xmas morning we will invite both sets of Grandparents over to open presents with DS and have a big Christmas brunch.
This thread gave me some great ideas - I love reading everyone else's traditions. I think this year we'll start Elf on a Shelf for DS and I love the pajama idea for xmas eve! Also love the idea of camping out under the xmas tree and watching movies.
To the OP - great thread idea!! I'm bookmarking this one
do you have the recipe for the buns?
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| Posted 10/23/11 7:21 PM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by jakesfamily
Posted by shelby34
When we were kids, my brother and I had little trees in our room with our own special ornaments. Santa left one present under that tree, each year...which was very exciting to wake up to
My parents did this too, and we were allowed to open that present right away. I think it was their way of getting 5 more minutes of sleep. I had sort of forgotten about that until I read this. I think I will have to start doing it with DS.
I got my DD her own little tree for her room the other day at Michael's. SO excited to start this tradition with her, I love it!
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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by sugar-magnolia
Posted by HomeIsWithU
I love this thread!!!!!!!
1. We put the tree up and decorate the day after Thanksgiving. We make hot chocolate and play xmas music while we deocrate.
2. My mom bakes what she calls "Christmas morning treasure buns" every Christmas morning and we eat them while we're opening presents.
3. We each get a new ornament for the tree every year
4. Every year my dad buys my mom and I a box of our favorite chocolate covered pretzels for our stockings.
5. We always leave christmas cookies and milk out for Santa.
6. In past years, Xmas Eve was for extended family and Xmas day was spent at home playing with our gifts. This year we're moving into our first place and we have DS, so xmas eve will be with extended family again but I think xmas morning we will invite both sets of Grandparents over to open presents with DS and have a big Christmas brunch.
This thread gave me some great ideas - I love reading everyone else's traditions. I think this year we'll start Elf on a Shelf for DS and I love the pajama idea for xmas eve! Also love the idea of camping out under the xmas tree and watching movies.
To the OP - great thread idea!! I'm bookmarking this one
do you have the recipe for the buns?
I asked too!! I FM'ed her, if she doesn't post it on the thread I will pass the recipe along to you from her FM.
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| Posted 10/23/11 7:45 PM |
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My2Girlz11
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
WE play a socking game. My mom gives us gifts that are in our stocking. She puts a number on each present. We all open one at a time. Whoever has the highest number wins and gets scratch off tickes. If there is a tie, they split the tickets. One year we won 2500 and split it among all of us. We have a 500 rule. If the winnings is more than 500 we have to split it among all of us.
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| Posted 10/23/11 8:07 PM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
For anyone who was interested...............here is the recipe for Xmas Treasure Buns from HomeIsWithU. Enjoy!
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Xmas Morning Treasure Buns
1 large package of cream cheese
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp orange peel (you have to shred the skin of an orange)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
2 10oz cans of Pillsbury Grands biscuits
1/2 cup butter, melted
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 12 cup bundt pan. Combine sugar, orange peel, and nuts. Cut cream cheese into 10 pieces.
Separate each biscuit in half, put a piece of cream cheese inside and then re-seal edges of the biscuit. Dip in melted butter and then sugar mixture. Stand biscuits around inside of bundt pan. Sprinkle with remaining butter and sugar.
Bake at 350 for 30 - 35 minutes. Cool in pan about 1 minute and then invert into a plate. Cool slightly and serve warm.
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| Posted 10/26/11 6:02 PM |
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sugar-magnolia
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by Hofstra26
For anyone who was interested...............here is the recipe for Xmas Treasure Buns from HomeIsWithU. Enjoy!
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Xmas Morning Treasure Buns
1 large package of cream cheese
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp orange peel (you have to shred the skin of an orange)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
2 10oz cans of Pillsbury Grands biscuits
1/2 cup butter, melted
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 12 cup bundt pan. Combine sugar, orange peel, and nuts. Cut cream cheese into 10 pieces.
Separate each biscuit in half, put a piece of cream cheese inside and then re-seal edges of the biscuit. Dip in melted butter and then sugar mixture. Stand biscuits around inside of bundt pan. Sprinkle with remaining butter and sugar.
Bake at 350 for 30 - 35 minutes. Cool in pan about 1 minute and then invert into a plate. Cool slightly and serve warm.
Thanks!
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| Posted 10/27/11 10:13 AM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Just thought I would **bump** since the holidays are almost upon us.
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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
BUMP for a fellow poster
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Naturalmama
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Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
This thread is great! I am writing down so many things I want to do, DH is going to kill me!
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| Posted 9/16/12 9:49 PM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
Posted by Naturalmama
This thread is great! I am writing down so many things I want to do, DH is going to kill me!
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| Posted 9/16/12 10:02 PM |
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KatiNoE
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Re: Holiday Traditions Thread - Please Come On In
I'm so excited there is someone else out there with Christmas on the brain already! Such a great post. I'm all teary and excited in my office.
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| Posted 9/17/12 4:19 PM |
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Hofstra26
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Posted by KatiNoE
I'm so excited there is someone else out there with Christmas on the brain already! Such a great post. I'm all teary and excited in my office.
I have had Xmas on the brain since Dec 26th.
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