What holiday traditions do you have planned?
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I have just started a new job, and I will probably have to work Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years...and my parents live out of state. \nWe usually have Thanksgiving dinner together, go out Christmas Eve night to look at Christmas lights, and stay up together to watch the ball drop on tv for New Years. \nI don't think that I will get to do any of those things. (You'd think that since Katrina, employers would know the value of being with family, especially because we couldn't do it last year...but apparently not.)\nOh well...there's always next year, isn't there?\n\nCome to think about it...I cooked Thanksgiving dinner last year for the first time ever, and since I will probably be doing the same this year, maybe I am following a tradition (if the second time makes it a tradition) or starting one of my own.
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Spend as much time as possible with your family and add to your store of good memories.\nWhen the tree is coming down, ask your mom if you can have a few special ornaments to put on your own tree next year.  Begin to build your own 'family tradition ornament collection'.\nAlso, give each family member an engraved ornament this year with a special message just for them from you.
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people whom you love like your family and friends\n\nHAPPY THANKSGIVING
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Why? Planning something?
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I switch off year to year.\n\nBecause Christmas get togethers are always mandatory FFF (forced family fun), I take a break every other year and stay home with immediate family for Thanksgiving.\n\nThis year is home and we are actually splurging on going out to a nice restaurant this afternoon.\n\nNext year, the dreaded triple F, and it is my turn to host the partial extended family.  Oh joy.
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You don't have too, it your own personal choice. Remember, it is all just marketing or tradition:\n\nBirthdays - tradition\nNew Years - just marketing\nValentines Day - not a day for gift giving - just marketing\nEaster/Ostrea - tradition/marketing\nChristmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa - tradition/marketing\nAnniversaries - personal tradition\nSurgeries - personal choice\n\nYou get the point.
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My friends and family are going up to our cottage.  We will be boating, swimming, drinking, having a bon fire, drinking, waiving our Canadian flags, drinking and we'll have fireworks at the end of the night.  \n\nHAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!! We are SOOOOO lucky to live where we do!!!!!!! CHEERS!!! :
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I go to my grandma's house every year.My whole dad's side of the family is there. We all wait until midnight, and then exchange all of the presents.  Happy Thanksgiving! and Merry Christmas!
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It's just tradition, that is all. Plus Santa is a good way to curve behavior around the end of the year.
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Me too.  My family has decided not to "do" Christmas this year.  By that I\nmean buy lots of useless presents for each other.  We are going to \ncelebrate by spending lots of time together and eating great meals.  Not\nall of them prepared by me!!!  I'm looking forward to it.
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Since I was a kid, we always did the same thing.  About a week before Christmas, we'd make a thermos of hot chocolate, load everyone up in the car, put on some Christmas tunes and go look at all the Christmas lights.  Sometimes we'd assign each family member an item (snowmen, santas, nativities) and see how many we could count.  This is a tradition I've carried on with my own kids, and they look forward to it every year!
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Start anytime after Thanksgiving.  I used to work in a department store and they had Christmas decorations up before Halloween (very tacky).  We used to joke about needing to put jack-o'-lanterns and witches on the wreathes!
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Nothing.  (Not part of my culture/heritage)\nMaybe you should post in the Holidays section.....
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Easter- of course coloring eggs, decorating cupcakes on Good Friday with other children because all of them are out of school.  \n\nChristmas-  we make ornaments,cookies for Santa, also allow your children to give away some of their toys to unfortunate children, soup kitchens
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IN CHINA!! With family, of course. I can't wait! =3 My cousin and I spent all day today putting up decorations. Tomorrow we make all the food, and we're having a friend of my parents over. It should be great! x3
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I really do agree with you, however this year I missed the day after Thanksgiving so I'm going to do it tomorrow. I can't wait until the lights go up. merry Christmas to you and your family.
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Yes, I celebrate the eight traditional sabbats; or did while My Steve, my high priest, was alive.  Now I mostly note that they have come (he died just before Yule), and remember what we would have done in our rituals.\n\nI also celebrate the Christian holidays because my friends and neighbors include me in their celebrations, and I notice the Jewish holidays because Steve's mother and sister are Jews.  He was too, genetically, but he always said I liked Jews better than he did!\n\nPersonally, I say any excuse for a party!