Last night we kind of invited ourselves over to a friend's house for a few minutes. We are very classy like that. Anyway, we walked in to the smell of popcorn! They told us that this is their Sunday night tradition for dinner and they even bought a 40 lb. bag of the kernels to do the self-pop. We both thought this was pretty cool and realized we haven't started any real traditions yet.
Growing up, I'd like to think that a semi-tradition was to have tomato soup and grilled cheese on Sunday nights where we got to eat in the living room and watch America's Funniest Home videos. I have very fond memories of doing this!!
I guess what I'm wondering is, do you and your family have any traditions that you have started (or kept up??) We
promise not, might not, probably will copy them if you have any fun ones!
Let the traditions roll!
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Great question! I'll be interested to see what other people say. You should ask this on FB!
We don't really have many, but here they are:
On a child's bday, parents/gparents/aunts/uncles write a short letter to them, explaining how they saw the Lord in that child's personality/character that year. I think it will make a nice legacy for them as they read them each year.
Also, we celebrate Christmas as our little family before we head to St Louis. I always make a special, indulgent meal (last year it was home-made ckn nuggets and home-made mac and cheese and something else too labor intensive to make often) and then end with home-made donuts and egg nog (not home-made!).
I think that's really all we do.
Oh, we also go to the same pumpkin patch every October. Is that a tradition or a habit?
Our main tradition so far is to make a big breakfast every Saturday morning. I know some people who do the popcorn thing on Sunday nights too. My family also always eats orange rolls and little smokies every Christmas morning. I will carry that one on with my family for sure.
We also did popcorn on Sunday nights. My parents said it was because when they went to OC, dinner wasn't served on Sunday nights, so they didn't eat dinner. So we never ate dinner on Sunday nights. We'd have a big Sunday lunch, and then after evening service we'd pop popcorn or have a bowl or ice cream or something.
We do a family movie night every couple of weeks. The kids get to bring their pillows into the living room, i make an indulgent snack.
And, one that I copied from Robin Waugh that I love: On New Years Day we get all the Christmas cards that we have received that year and we get in a circle and pray over each family. The kids love it because most of the card are pictures so they can see who they are praying for. We split them up and each of us takes a few of the cards...it is fun for all of us and helps us to remember all of our friends and family. now that they are older they can do more of the praying themselves. it's fun.
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