Posted by Dinah on December 25, 2008, at 10:23:39
I love all the Christmas rituals. And fortunately the man I married really didn't have many in his family, so I get to take the best of my family's rituals, and we've added some more.
We watch The Grinch and a Charlie Brown Christmas on Christmas Eve. That way we get the Christmas story from Linus, who is who I hear anyway every time I hear those lines. And we eat the Christmas Eve omelet, which my family used to have for Christmas breakfast. Then I read the Night Before Christmas, read just as I read it every night for six months after my son first heard it. Christmas might have been long over, but he wanted to go to bed with "And to all a Good Night." (Lar reminded me. :) ) Then my husband and I sing the songs we made from the poems in "Bob: And 6 More Christmas Stories". My son is nice enough to indulge us in the latter two, and we make it as easy as possible for him by interrupting both for the Spongebob or Simpsons versions so he can laugh at the traditions. :)
And Christmas dinner is always Roast Beast and Yorkshire Pudding. With syllabub for dessert. Syllabub is a fairly recent addition, but nothing goes better with Roast Beast and Yorkshire Pudding.
(Warning. Graphic roast beef pictures inside.)
I admit to being a Christmas tradition tyrant. Fortunately my family is tolerant. We forgot to put the traditional Christmas satsuma in the stockings this year!!! Oh well, we can eat them for a snack. My son looks to follow in my footsteps, as he's already molded the Christmas traditions as he thinks suitable. :)
And Gabbi? If you still read? When we put up the full manger setup, for the first time since Katrina this year, I told him the story of how, when he was little, I handed him the little figurines and he put them all in a circle around the crib so that all you could see was their backs. Because of course they'd all want to see the Baby. And so this year he arranged them a bit more artistically perhaps, but all still with their focus in the proper place. :)
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