A friend of mine wrote about Xmas traditions tonight. She said she was worried that she didn't have enough Christmas traditions for her kids. But I agree that you can't really manufacture traditions. The good ones happen organically. Xmas is really about tradition I think. I get together with certain friends for lunch every Xmas. My friend and I always wear silly santa hats at lunch. I usually meet up with Regina for a Xmas shopping/lunch day.
Well, as it is technically Christmas Eve. I have my favorite tradition happening tonight. I have probably told this story before... but I am telling it again. It is tradition, after all. It is the story of the Christmas Eve frozen pizza.
A year or two after my brother and I learned there was no Santa Claus we suggested to our parents that we should open presents on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas morning... that way we could all sleep in on Christmas. We were not, and still are not, morning people. My brother and I also were just impatient to open our gifts.
So one year Mom and Dad told us that we could open presents Christmas Eve, but Brian and I had to fix supper and clean up afterwards. Then we would open gifts. Well... what do two kids who want to eat and clean as quickly as possible do for supper? Frozen pizza. So year after year we would fix frozen pizza on Xmas eve... we each had 2 slices, we quickly cleaned up, and we ran for the den. :)
We have upgraded a bit. My brother gets us these awesome gourmet pizzas that are unbaked which we bake at the house. But it is still Xmas eve pizza. :) It sucks with mom gone... and I am sure some day I'll have traditions with other people.
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