So, Christmas only comes once a year. There so much to enjoy. The lights, music, food, company, movies, snow, candy, cookies, presents, trees, cranberries (mmm cranberries) and so much much more. There are some great traditions. In Bryon's family, Becky gets everyone a new ornament every year. She takes a lot of time and care in picking out the perfect ornament - it always signifies something important that happened that year. She always places a little note in the box - detailing why she picked that ornament. It is quite fun to go back and read the past notes year after year. Another tradition, every Christmas eve we get together, eat and visit. Exchange the ornaments, have a family testimony meeting. Its a nice evening.
Now, in my family, we have our traditions - new Christmas PJ's, traditional food and lots of it!!! There's not a Ball Family gathering without mountainous mounds of food. Aunt Betty makes these to die for chocolates that I haven't had in years. But the one tradition that I remember the most and most fondly is Star Wars. Every Christmas we would go downstairs, curl up on the couch and watch the Star Wars trilogy (hence why I have the Star Wars theme on my Christmas Playlist heheh). Since we have all married, we don't get all together to watch them. And now there are 6 movies - imagine sitting and watching all 6 Star Wars in one day! It would be fun to do - something that I would love to do one day. But it would be a very long day. I would need to get a babysitter - although, Taylor does like Star Wars almost as much as I do. Anyways, this is the one tradition that I - the mother - have passed down to my children. It makes people laugh. All I know, is I am anxiously awaiting my Star Wars movies. If you were to look at my Blockbuster Queue it has the 6 movies at the top.
Yeah for Christmas!
