tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post3858802113991768340..comments2024-03-24T13:18:48.017-06:00Comments on Living to Tell the Story: Christmas TraditionsSusannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02757963698816530787noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-79375987541333156412007-12-02T15:57:00.000-07:002007-12-02T15:57:00.000-07:00Great traditions Susanne! I'm so impressed with al...Great traditions Susanne! I'm so impressed with all of you that have a box of ornaments for each child, so sweet. We've done similar things with not labeling their gifts but coming up with something to make them figure out which are theirs, similar to the math thing Robin said!gail@more than a songhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244576462390646213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-7888388059014330312007-12-02T05:47:00.000-07:002007-12-02T05:47:00.000-07:00I have a Christmas birthday to contend with too. ...I have a Christmas birthday to contend with too. I love your traditions. Fun post. And that picture. WOW. I'm jealous.Musings of a Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854615817486354491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-65259638901663991942007-11-30T20:50:00.000-07:002007-11-30T20:50:00.000-07:00What great traditions! And that picture is gorgeo...What great traditions! And that picture is gorgeous!<BR/><BR/>Lana G!<BR/>http://airmiles.wordpress.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-2584867954356491022007-11-30T20:34:00.000-07:002007-11-30T20:34:00.000-07:00I loved reading all of your traditions. I most esp...I loved reading all of your traditions. I most especially like your tradition of the wrapping paper being different each year and hiding the clues! I have always put the gifts under the tree, with my husband's help, after the kids have gone to bed. Not sure how that will work this year as my 14 year old stays up later than we do when there is no school! I'll try to post some traditions soon....I've been kinda busy this week....Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06608258814596465122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-40217534305098783222007-11-30T14:51:00.000-07:002007-11-30T14:51:00.000-07:00What a GORGEOUS pic! We have nothing like that he...What a GORGEOUS pic! We have nothing like that here in the deep south!<BR/><BR/>Last year I wrapped all my kids' Christmas for the first time, and it was great fun. I love your idea of the different paper and unlabeled gifts!Lisa Spencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990706355525884593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-31555353909240856862007-11-30T12:15:00.000-07:002007-11-30T12:15:00.000-07:00these sounds so wonderful. I;m sure your children ...these sounds so wonderful. I;m sure your children totally appreciate the traditions y'all have established in your home.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>KKarla Porter Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852059935122763051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-17358019706037543632007-11-30T07:28:00.000-07:002007-11-30T07:28:00.000-07:00Your traditions are ENCHANTING!Your traditions are ENCHANTING!Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-53414487528423682512007-11-30T02:33:00.000-07:002007-11-30T02:33:00.000-07:00I love the idea of how you wrap the gifts for each...I love the idea of how you wrap the gifts for each kid in different types of paper then make a fun activity out of it on Christmas morning - sounds fun!melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229154192550719053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-63492844499006900572007-11-29T17:14:00.000-07:002007-11-29T17:14:00.000-07:00What a lovely post! I love the wrapping paper thi...What a lovely post! I love the wrapping paper thing-- I had never heard of cutting up snips of the paper and hiding them-- that is FUN. I can see with older kids how that might stretch out to enjoyment a bit more. Wonderful!Missy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389022763657354340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-70411457762618237652007-11-29T17:05:00.000-07:002007-11-29T17:05:00.000-07:00It seems a number of families have the decoration ...It seems a number of families have the decoration for the child tradition!<BR/><BR/>I love your tradition of making a game out of their packages. My Brother in law put code names on them one year... but how much more fun to make them do a bit of a hunt to discover the code!<BR/><BR/>How extra special (and busy for you) that you celebrate 2 birthday's in one! I think that's pretty neat that your daughter wants to celebrate on Christmas rather than her "own" day. <BR/><BR/>What fantastic traditions! Thanks for participating and sharing these with us all!!!Donnettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692862365425939349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-68913180156593287572007-11-29T17:04:00.000-07:002007-11-29T17:04:00.000-07:00Wow, those are beautiful traditions. We are nearly...Wow, those are beautiful traditions. We are nearly traditionless; isn't that sad? I don't know what happened along the way. If we do have any, they're the run of the mill kind. Thanks for the heads up on Amy Grant being on Oprah tomorrow!2nd Cup of Coffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478944775613602625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-64335911234016917972007-11-29T16:44:00.000-07:002007-11-29T16:44:00.000-07:00I love the idea of the presents not being labeled....I love the idea of the presents not being labeled. That's great! I'm going to do that when I have kids who are old enough.Kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17472795678044322191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-56041024316376520992007-11-29T16:08:00.000-07:002007-11-29T16:08:00.000-07:00Those all sound wonderful Susanne. I do a similar ...Those all sound wonderful Susanne. I do a similar thing with my kids presents. Some years it's individual wrapping paper other years I give each a made a name from a character in our favorite books. That's a fun way to celebrate your daughters birthday too! Our Katie's birthday is December 27th which makes things interesting...<BR/>Blessings on you and yours...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-62912091481361283102007-11-29T14:32:00.000-07:002007-11-29T14:32:00.000-07:00Oooooo ... I LOVE the tradition of putting the gif...Oooooo ... I LOVE the tradition of putting the gifts under the tree on Christmas eve, but even more, I LOVE the idea of having to find their wrapping paper puzzle! Too bad I only have one child. I wonder how I can make that work?GiBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03717697386035335817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-81656797904397270812007-11-29T14:25:00.000-07:002007-11-29T14:25:00.000-07:00Susanne, I just loved reading this! Thanks for sh...Susanne, I just loved reading this! Thanks for sharing your traditions, sounds like a wonderful balance of fun and reflection. LOVE the picture too!Much Adohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02034590806354970188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28854403.post-14821555214550554192007-11-29T14:06:00.000-07:002007-11-29T14:06:00.000-07:00Such beautiful traditions you have! I am impresse...Such beautiful traditions you have! I am impressed with how much thought and preparation you put into your traditions!<BR/>I like how you don't label the gifts and make a game out of it. My dad did that one year for us kids - we each had a mathamatical equation to solve to discover what our "number" was. Each package had a number instead of a name! Math was never my strong suit!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05000458717596988346noreply@blogger.com