Wanting to start some Family Traditions....

@dayzz25 (552)
United States
November 7, 2007 9:58pm CST
I have a new baby and I'm interested in starting some Family Traditions of our own. I have some family traditions with my family (mom, sisters, ect) but I'm looking for something new to start with my daughter. Does anyone have any traditions that they would share with me so I can get some ideas?
3 responses
@wiccania (3360)
• United States
8 Nov 07
You can make (or buy) a simple, plain tree skirt for christmas, and put your daughters handprints on it every year. Just make sure to put her name and the year next to them. That would be a nice annual tradition (get out the tree skirt and add the hand prints a week or so before you put up the tree). That's assuming that you celebrate christmas and get a tree. When she gets a little older you could maybe start a tradition where the two of you do something on the same day every year (or the same weekend every year), for instance I know that some areas have places that do a "proper english tea" every Saturday or something. that could be a cute girly tradition. You could celebrate the new year every year by decorating a photo album (or scrap book) and filling it with your favorite pictures, momentos and stories of the previous year. If you're looking for a "holiday season" tradition, you could pick a night a week before christmas and go look at christmas lights, complete with a thermos of hot cocoa and christmas carols on the car radio. She might not appreciate it so much as a baby, but when she gets older she'll probably enjoy it.
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@dayzz25 (552)
• United States
8 Nov 07
Thank you so much for all of the brilliant ideas. I really like the one with the tree skirt. I think I will definately start that this year. You are very interesting....thanks again.
@lilaclady (28206)
• Australia
8 Nov 07
You what i think is a nice tradition is at Christmas every one put a Christmas Ball with their name on it on the Christmas tree, everyone puts their own ball on the tree but i think maybe even taking it one step furthere a small hangable picture frame with ones photo init, or a christmas ball with the people names on it and if someone passes away then the small picture frams and photo so they will always be apart of christmas....
@leeesa (884)
• United States
8 Nov 07
For my older kids, I bought a special tree ornament each year and when they moved out, I gave the ornaments to them. A lot of them are personalized ornaments, or they have special meaning for something that occurred during that year. It's a fun way to reminisce as you're decorating each year. Now my oldest has a child of her own and she is continuing the tradition with her daughter.