Holiday traditions through the (your) ages
Its interesting how Holiday traditions morph as we move through the stages of life.When I was a kid, we ate chili and opened all of our gifts on Christmas Eve and Christmas day was just Santa stuff. None of the Santa stuff was wrapped. I'd spend New Year's weekend with my dad's family and do Christmas with them then. My husband's family opened one gift on Christmas Eve (always new pajamas) and then the rest of their gifts on Christmas day and I think they wrapped their Santa gifts and they were under the tree in the morning. When he and I got married, we realized that you have to somehow meld traditions. So, while my mom was alive, we'd go over to my mom's on Christmas Eve and open all of her gifts and...