The holidays are always bittersweet for me. I have come to realize how much my Grandmother made Christmas special for me. I miss her presence the most this time of year as it was always her favorite holiday and she really went all out to make it the best holiday of the year. It is a joy now however to get to share her holiday traditions with my family and start some of our own. My oldest daughter Erin who is now 3 is just starting to understand what Christmas time is all about. We drive around and look at lights and her eyes light up and she shouts' "It's Christmas Time!" Some things I have carried on to my family are baking cookies and other treats the week of Christmas. By Christmas Eve we have so many cookies we don't now what to do with them so we like to make baskets and and deliver them to neighbors and friends. And new tradition we have started for the girls is Santa Bags. A couple Christmases ago, my mother-in-law gave us some gifts in these neat giant felt bags. So we decided that we would assign a bag to each kid and on Christmas Eve they would place the empty bag under the tree and Santa will fill the bag! Erin thought that was pretty fun this year. Although she still doesn't quite understand the concept of Santa. She knows who he is when she sees him, knows he lives at the North Pole with the elves, and knows he will bring her presents if she's good, but she woke up Christmas morning and just said she wanted to watch TV. She didn't even notice her stockings and Christmas bag were full! Maybe next year! I would love to hear some of your family traditions, every family and ethnicity has some really great things they cherish during the holidays and I challenge you all to honor your loved ones and pass them down. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. I know we were very blessed at the Fuller home!
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