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Since this is Christmas I wanted to do a blog post on my families Christmas traditons.. Every year we have family traditions some have been around since I was a small child others just started when my son was born.. I think it is very important to have traditions for the holidays.. One that has just started since his birth is going to the Christmas parade in our town we actually have three that happen near us so we go to atleast one of them every year.. I go with my mom, some times my grandmas and sometimes my husband goes it just depends but it is a tradition that I want to keep doing till my son is too old to appreciate it!!

Baking Christmas cookies is an older tradition we have done since I was a small child it has been a favorite for my mom and I.. We wear our festive Christmas shirts and bake fun sugar cookies with frosting for santa!!!

We also go look at Christmas lights my son loves that... This is also a tradition that has been around before my son!! I put him in a pair of festive pj's and we go out for a couple of hours and just drive around town he says "wook momma here comes more lights!!!" it is a very special tradition for me.. This year his pj's have dogs with reindeer antlers so cute (got them at goodwill for 2.00 not bad)..

Here is a pic of some lights not the best pics but what can you do at night..

Also every year I get my son a pair of Christmas pj's (they don't have to be new since he only wears them one night) so when he opens his presents he is in his Christmas pj's.. This year they are fleece with a reindeer on the shirt and festive plaid pants (got them at goodwill for 2.00 also)..

Also every year since he has been able to we make an ornament to add to our tree this is another tradition that I love cause when he is grown up I will still have the ornaments he made to remember all the fun memories we made at Christmas time.. This one was made a the library this year but he also made a santa one with me at home (which I did blog post about)..

On Christmas eve night right before my son goes to bed I read him The Night Before Christmas that is my favorite by far (the book was a gift from a friend for his first Christmas.. How we celebrate Christmas eve/Christmas is a tradition too, on Christmas eve we go to my grandma's house then on Christmas day we go to my mom's, my other grand parents and my dad comes up later that day to visit so it is a very busy day!!

We also do the Christmas ornament tradition my mom did this for me when I was little up until I moved out of her house (at age 21) my husband and I also get an ornament every year and since my son has been born he gets one too (his first Christmas he got 3).. This year it is thomas the train for my son (my mom got it for him and she still has it so I used the stock photo)...

We also have the usual ones like putting up the tree the day after thanksgiving, sending out cards and getting Christmas pics taken.. Some things that just started this year that I would like to turn into traditions are making a gingerbread house, getting his pic taken with Santa, getting a letter from Santa and writing a letter to Santa these brought my son so much joy and happiness I would like to make them traditions!!! I hope you have traditions for your family too and since it is Christmas my family and I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year hope you got everything you wanted!!!