As the holidays approach each year, I start to think about our family traditions to make the holiday special. I think it is fun to share traditions and hear what other families do. What is a holiday tradition that your family has?
A Christmas tradition that our family has is we do not put names on the presents under the tree, instead each present has a number. Only I have the master list of who the numbers belong to. This solved a problem of children counting how many presents belonged to them compared to their siblings or having a curious child open and rewrap their gift. The other thing that I like is we avoid the free-for-all on Christmas morning where everyone rips open their presents without waiting for their turn or seeing what someone else received. We each take turns selecting the gift and I look at my list for the number and the person who it belongs to opens it. After all the time and effort I spend to buy and wrap the gifts, it allows me time to savor the moment and hear what they think when they open their present.
A Christmas tradition that our family has is we do not put names on the presents under the tree, instead each present has a number. Only I have the master list of who the numbers belong to. This solved a problem of children counting how many presents belonged to them compared to their siblings or having a curious child open and rewrap their gift. The other thing that I like is we avoid the free-for-all on Christmas morning where everyone rips open their presents without waiting for their turn or seeing what someone else received. We each take turns selecting the gift and I look at my list for the number and the person who it belongs to opens it. After all the time and effort I spend to buy and wrap the gifts, it allows me time to savor the moment and hear what they think when they open their present.
