Decorating the tree! The first year Ben and I were married we bought a little silver and glass angel to go on the top of our little tree. We upgraded to a gold star a few years ago but the angel has to be in close vicinity to it. Avery gets to put the angel on, and James gets to put the star on. I don't know what we're going to do when Briella is old enough to be involved.
I am huge into color-coordinated trees. It's the OCD in me. Our tree has been red and gold for awhile now so I decided to add some lime green to spice it up a bit.
When Ben was growing up in Detroit he spent the night under the tree every Christmas Eve. This was to deter the would-be robbers from stopping at their house and stealing all the family's presents. He's carried out that tradition since then. When our kids no longer believe in Santa (I got sad just writing that) we will let them join in. Until then, I figured it wouldn't hurt to let them have a camp-out on a different night. When I told them we were going to let them sleep by the tree, all night, without us, it was like they won the lottery. We set up their beds, watched a movie and then let them sleep. They had so much fun we will definitely be keeping this tradition up.
James was the star of his school's Christmas program, literally. I got a note awhile back about James' part in the program and that I needed to come up with a costume for him. Being the non-creative type I immediately hit up the internet and found this cute thing for cheap. The best part was the audience's reaction when he walked onstage. I wish we had captured it on film. It was priceless. He did awesome, as always.
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love love love the pics!!! i also love hearing about traditions..and i think that one is soo cute! And james star costume..seriously i think that is the CUTEST costume i have ever seen . That will be a picture that will be shown to him often...it is just toooo cute!
When that "sleeping by the tree" tradition started, it was with Erik, Ben's older cousin from Jim's side, who lived with us for 5 years. Ben was so jealous, that when Erik left (or maybe before) we let Ben be the Guardian of Christmas and camp out there. Honestly, in Detroit, having your whole Christmas stolen was an definite threat.
But it's such a great tradition to get to sleep alone by the tree! Especially if you can stay up a little late and listen to Christmas Carols. And giving each kid their own night is inspired! I hope Ben's sibs will do likewise!
I remember trying to sleep by the tree one year and it really freaked me out. There was just something weird about it.
So did your kids actually stay in bed all night? I can't even imagine the trouble Daphne would get into if we let her sleep in the living room! I have visions of her going outside, getting treats out of the freezer.....agh, I break out in a sweat to think of it!
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