This will be the fifth Christmas Brian and I have been together. However, it’s only the second we’ve spent either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day together. When we were both living home we were about an hour and a half away from each other and seeing one another was nearly impossible if we wanted to see our family too. Because we’ve spent a majority of our Christmases together, actually apart, we’ve always thought it was really important to create our own holiday traditions so it felt like Christmas time without actually being Christmas.
One tradition we started was making a gingerbread house. Nothing fancy really, just a kit that we took time assembling and neatly decorating. Last year was the first time we did it in our own place since the years prior we did it at our parents houses. With time before the holidays slipping away so quickly last year we weren’t able to assemble our gingerbread creation until we were only hours away from the big day. Honestly, neither of us was really in the mood to do it but it was on my to-do list and I wasn’t going to let the $15 kit go to waste. As it turns out, it wasn’t so pretty when it was all finished. You can’t even imagine the mess two grown people can make with candy and frosting when they’re being lazy about it.
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| A good year as far as gingerbread was concerned. |
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| A sad excuse for a gingerbread house if you ask me! |
While it had been fun in the past to do this type of thing together it really wasn’t entirely too much fun last year. That’s when we decided that we’d form no tradition that stresses us out. After all, these are the things that should bring us joy and comfort. This year, in lieu of involving gingerbread, Brian had a great idea, which begins a new tradition for us. He purchased a 2011 ornament with a slot meant to put a picture into. Instead, Brian and I wrote what we were thankful for this year. We plan on keeping this one up. Someday when our children unpack the ornaments we can recall what made that specific year so special, I love it.
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| Do you have an ornament that is really special to you? |
What a great idea, I love it. When I hang the Christmas ornaments on our tree, many of them bring back great memories of special moments or people in my life. Some bring laughter, while others bring tears, but it's all good! You will be so happy many years from now that you took the time and effort to do this special new tradition. They will become a family treasure of "The Kanady's". It blows the gingerbread art away!
ReplyDeletei love the fact that you want too share your memories with future little ones. i think its a great idea!
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