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Christmas Season Traditions?

Hey All!

I'm trying to really take in the season (currently Advent) with rich church traditions. I've done "ok" with Advent - but it's felt so busy (maybe pregnancy hormones make me feel less on top of things).

It will be less hectic after Christmas Day. I wondered what rich traditions for celebrating the 12 days of Christmas were out there. What are people celebrating, cooking, making, remembering. I know we have some rich feast days too!

So please, send me ideas!! :)

Tags: Christmas, celebrating

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Permalink Reply by Susan C. on December 22, 2009 at 7:13am

We've had celebrations on Epiphany- with a special cake. The wise men also move around the house and leave small gifts for the kids. I guess the biggest change we've made over the past couple of years is to not pull out most of our Christmas decorations till Christmas eve. We had a priest really emphasize this so we're still waiting to put our tree up. Hope this helps a little.

Permalink Reply by Joy Bailey on December 22, 2009 at 1:09pm

Growing up we did the Kings Cake on Epiphany with a bean or large nut hidden in for one of us to find and be crowned the King or Queen for the year. We also kept decorations up til Epiphany.

Permalink Reply by Debra Casperson on September 30, 2010 at 12:09pm

I hang up twelve little stockings and each day one of the kids picks out something, it might be that they choose the story for bed, or get a treat after dinner or are excused from cleaning up their toys for the night. On the 12th day, there is a small present under the tree for them, last year it was an age appropriate book about the three wise men for each of them!!

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