Christmas Traditions

We try to strike a balance in this house between making the holidays fun and memorable for the kids without creating a ton of extra work or busyness for ourselves. Last year we started a new tradition of singing a Christmas song around the tree every night before bed. This year we decided to add a Christmas story to the routine. I wrapped up 25 Christmas books and the kids got to take turns unwrapping one every night for us to read together. Just to keep everyone happy (4 kids, 4 tasks), we let two kids pick a song, one pick a book, and one put an ornament on our miniature Christmas tree. It was a perfect way to slow down and spend some quality time together every night before bed. The best part was hearing Abby sing “glo-o-o-o-oooooo-o-o-o-oooooooo-o-o-o-oria” whenever Ben picked “Angels We Have Heard On High” (his favorite).

We also made some quality paper trees this year instead of our usual countdown chains. They were cute and fun, and the kids loved them.