{"id":596,"date":"2018-12-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.mabelslabels.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/05\/20-unique-holiday-traditions-your-family-should-try-this-year\/"},"modified":"2020-12-10T21:23:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:23:01","slug":"20-unique-holiday-traditions-your-family-should-try-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mabelslabels.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/05\/20-unique-holiday-traditions-your-family-should-try-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Unique Holiday Traditions Your Family Should Try This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The holidays are a time of tradition. Some are so long standing we don\u2019t even question them anymore. Like, I know there\u2019s a reason we bring a live tree into our house and wrap lights and shiny, fragile things around it but I can\u2019t remember what it is. Or turkey. Delicious, but I personally am unclear as to how stuffing, cooking and eating this particular breed of poultry became synonymous with the birth of baby Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of the things I love most about the holidays is that it\u2019s the chance to start new traditions. Not that Christmas trees and turkeys aren\u2019t meaningful, but watching my kids create and fall in love with our own rituals is even more appealing.<\/span><\/p>\n

In our house, we let the kids select and decorate the tree with no creative input from parents. Each of my daughters has a Kindness Elf that works similarly to Elf on the Shelf except that s\/he leaves little notes suggesting something nice to do for someone else that day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Christmas Eve is for public skating and Chinese food and both girls get new pajamas to wear to bed. Christmas morning NEVER begins before 7:00 a.m. (more of an iron clad, violate-at-your-own-risk type of rule than a tradition, per se) and the menu never changes: homemade cinnamon buns and orange juice (mimosas for mommy).<\/span><\/p>\n

These are simple, easy traditions because this season is complicated and expensive enough and few among us need another thing to do, remember or buy. Some of our traditions developed organically and some were conscious decisions to do the same thing every year. Regardless of which approach appeals to you, here are some ideas, big and small, old and new, that will help your family connect and celebrate this holiday season:<\/span><\/p>\n

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BEFORE CHRISTMAS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n