Our Favorite Holiday Traditions
December 23, 2016
Holiday traditions make the season even more special. Check out traditions from the SparkShoppe team below!
Heidi
- Drive around with family to see the holiday lights.
- Go to the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall with my daughters and dear friend Cindy.
- Watch Elf!
Meagan
- Bake a ton of cookies and send them to my friends and family members who I don’t get to see at Christmas.
- Elf on the Shelf! We try to hide it in a different spot every night, but forget all the time and have to run down at 5am to hide it!
- Making homemade pierogis and having them with dinner on Christmas Eve.
- Banging pots and pans together to ring in the New Year.
Sara
- Making potato latkes and playing dreidel during Hanukkah.
- Decorating the Christmas Tree in silver and blue to support the Dallas Cowboys!
- Watching The Santa Claus and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
- Eating leftover Chinese takeout for dinner on Christmas Eve.
- Drinking peppermint mocha lattes!
Maritza
- Decorating the Christmas Tree together while listening to Christmas music.
- My friends and I have a big holiday dinner and instead of exchanging gifts we adopt a family or donate gifts to a charity organization instead!
Megan
- Our family tradition is opening up one present on Christmas Eve and then proudly modeling our new pajamas!
- My siblings and I also lay around the fireplace and read The Night Before Christmas before we go to sleep!
Matt
- We have our big holiday dinner on Christmas Eve, there’s usually 30-40 people at my house!
- Christmas morning my family takes turns opening presents one by one.
- After opening presents Christmas Day is usually filled with a movie marathon.
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