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As I think about the Christmas holiday that is rapidly approaching, all I can envision are my own family traditions. Christmas lights, Mexican food and a tree with presents piled high. My husband and I have been trying to decide what to do with our baby girl since this will be her first Christmas. Should we go with the family traditions I had, the ones he had, a combo or create completely new ones. Traditions are important they tend to stick with us, no matter how old we get or how far we stray from home. For as long as I can remember we got new matching pajamas every year on Christmas Eve. Even my poor brother was given a pair that would match with us girls. This tradition seems pretty common; my husband and many of my friends practiced this one as well. Even now that I'm grown, and across the country from my family I still buy myself a new pair of PJ's every year; except I buy them December 1st so I can wear them all month long. I even began buying my husband a pair every year since we started dating. It seems I have created my own Christmas pants tradition without even realizing it. Traditions are important. We depend on them because they bring comfort in knowing some things never change. Every year on Christmas Eve when we would go to my dad's parent's house and we would have Mexican take-out for brunch. While many find this a strange and unappetizing option, I cannot imagine Christmas Eve without it. One year my mom called my grandma and asked her if she would cook instead. I cannot begin to explain our disappointment when we walked in the door to smell fresh baked biscuits and honey-baked ham instead of the usual Mexican faire. My grandmother is a great cook but that couldn't change the fact that this was not what we wanted. We wanted our traditional Mexican, sure it was not what most people had for brunch on Christmas Eve but that's what we always have and that's what we will continue to want. After all if you're living in southern California, you're practically part-Mexican by default. You might as well embrace the culture. Traditions bring our family together and give us something to look forward to. It seems my daughter will get her new PJ's December 1st and have Mexican on Christmas Eve. The rest I will leave up to my hubby, since after all I think these traditions need to belong to our family. If you are having the same quandary I had over deciding on your own holiday traditions, I recommend the bridal approach; something old, something new, something borrowed and something just for you (since I don't believe something blue is relevant to Christmas)! Author Credit: Gabriella Gometra builds sites on diverse topics, such as http://christmasdinnerwaresets.org, which has information about scarlet holiday dinnerware and Spode Christmas dinnerware sets.
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