do you, or your family, have any holiday traditions that are observed every year (like my own wacky family lol)?
the day before Thanksgiving we watch the movie Dutch. my German father, every year, takes the leftover turkey from Thanksgiving, boils it into broth, and makes spaetzle, only he makes his spaetzle enormous, and calls them 'dumplings'. it's very delicious. we then take this spaetzle to my grandfather's house and decorate his yard with lights and other yard ornaments on Black Friday. i am always stuck hanging the wreaths on the fence. always.
my mother and i also like to listen to Harry Connick Jr. Christmas albums, drink mulled cider, holiday spice cocoa, and decorate like mad crazy all month long. we do not put our Christmas tree up until December 1st because my mother is annoyed when people put their trees up before Thanksgiving has even been observed, so we usually wait for that.
on Christmas eve we usually open gifts somewhere else, my sister's, or whoever, then come home and watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. this year we're planning our Christmas dinner to be a formal dining experience, and have had heated arguments with my father who is quite adverse to the idea of eating a roast in stead of turkey and ham like we usually do. also on the menu is butternut squash soup, cranberry walnut brown bread, potatoes, carrots, gravy, and for dessert is bread pudding.
my father does not like this idea, but his opinion doesn't count. lol
what about ya'll? any weird/funny/whatever family traditions?
the day before Thanksgiving we watch the movie Dutch. my German father, every year, takes the leftover turkey from Thanksgiving, boils it into broth, and makes spaetzle, only he makes his spaetzle enormous, and calls them 'dumplings'. it's very delicious. we then take this spaetzle to my grandfather's house and decorate his yard with lights and other yard ornaments on Black Friday. i am always stuck hanging the wreaths on the fence. always.
my mother and i also like to listen to Harry Connick Jr. Christmas albums, drink mulled cider, holiday spice cocoa, and decorate like mad crazy all month long. we do not put our Christmas tree up until December 1st because my mother is annoyed when people put their trees up before Thanksgiving has even been observed, so we usually wait for that.
on Christmas eve we usually open gifts somewhere else, my sister's, or whoever, then come home and watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. this year we're planning our Christmas dinner to be a formal dining experience, and have had heated arguments with my father who is quite adverse to the idea of eating a roast in stead of turkey and ham like we usually do. also on the menu is butternut squash soup, cranberry walnut brown bread, potatoes, carrots, gravy, and for dessert is bread pudding.
my father does not like this idea, but his opinion doesn't count. lol
what about ya'll? any weird/funny/whatever family traditions?
