12 Days of Christmas - Day 1 December 25th 2017

Sharon Flanagan

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is the gathering of family, ‘old and new’, for the traditional turkey feast where memories are shared, laughter is abundant and the love is obvious.

Karen Stimson

December 25, 2017

Putting our family’s Christmas village from the 1930’s, inherited from my great-aunt, underneath the tree.

Ann

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is decorating the Christmas tree.

Dottie

December 25, 2017

“My favorite Holiday tradition is … driving around the area looking at all the houses decorated with their Christmas lights and decorations.”

Helene

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is visiting families and make supper for my family.

Joanne G

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is making an ornament for my grandchildren, taking some event in their past year to commemorate that time. So they will have a memory of it, and me, in the coming years.

Cheryl Knepper

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is making Christmas Pajama’s for all the children in the family

Sally Hensley

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is baking Christmas cookies to share with family and friends. I am always looking for new recipes or tweaking my current recipes!

Melanie

December 25, 2017

My favourite holiday tradition is making way too much food and having family over!

stephanie

December 25, 2017

my favorite holiday tradition is just getting to be with family. We have a large family, and we don’t always get to gather on the “right” day at any time of the year, but it’s nice getting to see everyone despite our different locations, work schedules, and all of that!

Patty Hutson

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is giving new pjs to my children on Christmas Eve so they would wear them to bed and wake up on Christmas morning with their new pajamas. Now the tradition has moved on to my five grandchildren.

Michelle Lanz

December 25, 2017

Making and decorating cookies with my husband.

Barb Danner

December 25, 2017

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all and the Pixie team. My favorite Holiday tradition is putting up the Christmas tree and watching the old Christmas movie like Christmas on 34th st., and Christmas Carol.. Going to Church for service and having family together.

Diane

December 25, 2017

We have had many Christmas traditions over the years. Some last for generations and some have lasted for just a few years. My favourite was short, but oh so sweet. My grandson would come to Gramma’s house for a weekend before Christmas to give his Mom (my daughter) a chance to finish shopping, wrapping, baking, etc. On that weekend, my grandson and I would decorate a gingerbread house and some cookies. This tradition only lasted a few years, but what wonderful years.

Vicki

December 25, 2017

My favorite tradition is making shortbread with all the children (and now grandchildren) helping with mixing, cutting out the shapes and decorating each one to their liking. It is such a fun time for all of us.

Linda

December 25, 2017

My favorite Christmas tradition is having baked cinnamon rolls Christmas morning. We started this tradition while our children were young. Before we would open our gifts, I would put a tray of cinnamon rolls in the oven, then while we opened our gifts, we ate cinnamon rolls. I was so happy when our girls grew up and had children of their own, they continued this tradition. And, even though my husband and I are senior citizens, we still have baked cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning while we open our gifts to each other. Have a blessed Merry Christmas everyone!

Jeanine

December 25, 2017

My favorite tradition is baking cookies at Christmas and giving them to friends, neighbors and family.

Bonnie Sullivan

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday Tradition is a time when family gathers to together.Visits & enjoys the company of each other. thanks for being a great site. Merry Christmas to you all.

Melody

December 25, 2017

Our family tradition is putting is putting up the Christmas tree while listening to Christmas music.

Karen Larson

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is making a gingerbread house. My Mother made one every Christmas beginning when I was just a baby and made one every year until she was 86. She taught all of her daughters and we have made them for our own families.

Kim

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is the family meal. It’s a great time to reconnect with my kids. If we have energy afterwards, we play a game or 2. Whatever we do, it’s special because we’re together.

Tami O'Kane

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is connecting with my grandchildren Christmas morning! My daughter and her husband are in the Air Force and no matter where they are we always “see” each other. Whether in person or via FaceTime I get to see their faces light up as they celebrate! This year their great-granny is with us and 3000 miles away we will join them as we all enjoy this wonderful day!

Tanya

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is singing christmas sons at church with my mom and brothers.

Janice James

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is gathering with family and enjoying a big meal together. Then watching the grandchildren open their gifts. It’s so much fun.

sharyn

December 25, 2017

My favourite holiday tradition is taking my nieces and nephew to church on Christmas eve and then having tea together.

Cookie

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is baking with grandchildren. And making the gingerbread house is something I have been doing for over 20 years and now I get to make them with the grandbabies. First we bake then we go looking at the christmas lights.

Brenda Ward

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition was cooking the meal with my mother. She never seemed to have the time to sit and enjoy everyone being at her house. She was always making sure everyone was taken care of. I miss that…

Sophie

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is 13 deserts for Christmas meal, a tradition in Provence. We do not eat the 13, but they are on the table.

Shahla

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is the brainstorming of ideas to turn family, friends and strangers’ day into an special day❤️

Debora Crosby

December 25, 2017

My favorite Christmas tradition is watching It’s A Wonderful Life (1946 Black & White version) I am 59 and I remember watching it every since I was 4 years old.

Melanie

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is cooking a meal with my husband. Though neither of us have family living nearby, we make a special meal that combines a Christmas meal and a Jewish meal, so we cover both holidays at once. It’s a lot of work, but so worth it! And we always put aside a little bit of turkey for our cat! <3

Laurie

December 25, 2017

My favorite tradition is Christmas Eve having family together and eating and opening gifts. Christmas is to go the the movies

Sue

December 25, 2017

My favourite holiday tradition is christmas dinner of turkey, stuffing, brussels sprouts, roast potatoes, honey glazed parsnips, carrots and thick gravy. Followed by scrummy christmas pudding and brandy sauce.

Sandy

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday traditions are putting up the tree, liistening to Christmas music and watching White Christmas and other Christmas movies.

Debbie

December 25, 2017

Merry Christmas to the Pixie Faire team. My favourite holiday tradition is getting together with family. There is nothing better than experiencing the magic of Christmas through a child’s eyes.

solveig womble

December 25, 2017

Making Norwegian pancakes Christmas morning for all who stay the night.

Sandra

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is putting up the Manger Scene on December 4th, my eldest sisters’s Birthday and then ending the season on ‘Little Christmas’, January 5th, the next eldest sister’s birthday with a big party with all the relatives at our house.

Deb Federchuk

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is getting together with family and having a lovely turkey dinner with all the fixings and trimmings!

David Heath

December 25, 2017

My favorite tradition is drinking egg nog

Helen

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is baking Christmas cookies

Helen St. Germain

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is getting together with family and friends. We were 7 children (now we are 4) and our house was open for all friends and neighbours (especially all the single persons with nowhere to go). Now we take turns hosting Christmas as the families have grown. Everyone brings some homemade food and we still have an open house for extended family members. We usually number from 35 to 45 for a great celebration. I’m looking forward to going to my brother’s place this year and seeing family. As I live in another province, this may be the only opportunity to see so of them this year. Merry Christmas to all!

Teddie

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition started 50+ yrs ago ….. My mother started making spaghetti and meatballs for Christmas Eve dinner. As we got older, we carried out Christmas Eve dinner was spaghetti and meatballs. This last August, we lost our mother. But, I know that my sisters and I thought of our mother as we carried on her traditionn.

Cassandra

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is to spend time with family or friends remembering what Christmas is about – the birth of Christ. Spending time together, eating, laughing, singing and just relaxing is great.

Barb

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is the midnight candlelight service at church on Christmas Eve.

Deb Wayerski

December 25, 2017

My favorite tradition is gathering for our annual Christmas Eve family photo(hubby, kids, grandkids &me), in spite of some “rolling eyes & not another picture” looks on the faces of some. After being blessed with six beautiful granddaughters and being eight years since any new family additions, it was extra special this year as we were blessed with a new grandson,

Mary Ann Buchanan

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday Tradition is too decorate inside and outside!

Lisa

December 25, 2017

My favourite holiday tradition is to have Christmas lunch with my family followed by taking it in turns to unwrap a gift each

Mary

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is giving my grandchildren a chistmas ornament each year with the date on it. when they get older and move out they have a box of ornaments to start with. I did this for my own kids and they still put them on the tree each year. Whether bought or home made.

Denise

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is picking out an ornament for each of.my children that will memorialize something significant that has happened in their life that year. I have done this every year since they were babies and when my eldest got married and moved out I was able to give her her ornaments for her own tree and added.a bride and first Christmas together to the bundle for when she opened them to decorate her tree. Some years have been so significant that they may have received more than one, but they have had a good start on decorations for their first apartment without having to spend a lot and had a whole.lot of memories to look back on to share with their new spouse as well.

Kathy

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is looking for opportunities to provide random acts of kindness. When I was young my Mother made extra food (even though we didn’t have much) and took it to other families at Christmas. Bless my Mom on this Christmas day that she has installed values in me that are not taught in any school. A holiday tradition that keeps on giving.

Robyn B

December 25, 2017

My favourite holiday tradition is eating mangos on the beach then having a swim to wash all of the juice off. My Grandma and her sister used to do it when we were kids and now I have my own two kids doing exactly the same thing!

Karen

December 25, 2017

I love giving my kids one new ornament each year. We write their name and the year on it somewhere in metallic gel pen. They love to reminisce about each ornament and find special places to hang them. The plan is to box them up when it’s time to start their own tree!

Gail Graham

December 25, 2017

My favourite holiday tradition is attending a performance of ‘The Messiah’ at a local cathedral, the week before Christmas.

Ginger Harris

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is putting luminaries around the bayou.

Mary Ann Barrett

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is watching Christmas movies with my family! And Thanking God for all the things in my life…besides my family I also am thankful forlorn PixieFaire for all of the cool patterns and sewing classes they have.

Katrina Coghill

December 25, 2017

My favourite Christmas tradition is “rewrap the crap.” Where everyone brings something dodgy they have been given and wrap it up and put in the centre of the table. Then you go around rolling a dice and whoever gets a 6 gets to open a gift or steal someone else. Dodgyer the better!!

Edith

December 25, 2017

My favorite Christmas tradition is our Christmas stockings. Each person in our family (young and old) and any guests have a stocking to open on Christmas morning. My husband fills my three dolls (known at our house as “the little girls”, stockings with special surprises just for them.

emily

December 25, 2017

My favorite tradition is. Every Christmas when we opened the presents. 1 person would go at a time. We had to shake the present. Smell it. And then guess what it was before we could open it

Lori

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is giving to two teens off the Angel tree, and spending the day with family.

Candace

December 25, 2017

My favourite holiday tradition is putting up & decorating the tree with my kids using homemade ornaments they have made over the years as well as those made by my mom when I was a kid. We have flicker lights and lots of icicles. The last 2 items to go on are a small deer that hides in the tree that is 5 years older than me (my parents got this when they first married) and an angel that my mom made when I first moved out. Both very precious to me. Merry Christmas all & have a Blessed New Year.

Mary Ellen Lassiter

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is turning on the Christmas tree lights after dark.

Crystal Mae

December 25, 2017

My mom and I have our favorite holiday tradition of curling up in the living room with my mom’s homemade hot chocolate, watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” & “White Christmas”. This year is extra special as my mom is in full remission from breast cancer! Woohoo!

Becka B.

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is finding something perfect for each member of my family, whether on-list, or off. :)

Katie

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is making personalized ornaments with my daughters. They have an ornament for every Christmas since they were born and the memories that come from each ornament we hang on the tree is truly priceless.

Maureen Tehan

December 25, 2017

Christmas Eve at my brother-in-laws, with family and Friends and Santa when the kids were younger!

B Loeppky

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is to cook dinner for my family.

Gail Tomson

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is spending the day with my family.

Jane

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition has to be the giving of our Christmas Eve gift! Every Christmas Eve we get to open one gift each. That gift is a new pair of pajamas! What a great thing wear when opening Christmas presents in the morning!

Mary S.

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is having oyster strew for dinner on Christmas Eve.

Desiree

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is spending Christmas Eve lounging in new matching pajamas while watching Christmas movies and drinking hot chocolate.

Cindy

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is getting together with my 3 sisters and their families in one place at one time to share a holiday meal. We are so busy that it is usually the only time in the entire year when everyone manages to be there. We laugh at each others’ stories and jokes and reminisce about times and places both recent and long ago. As we grow older, these infrequent gatherings become more and more precious.

susan ayers

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is crafting gifts for my family members. I love sewing, embroidering, and using my cricut to make gifts.

Susan Mccallum

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is watching A Christmas Carol together.

Yvonne

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is baking up sugar cut out cookies an having the Grankids over to decorate them.

Christina Hall Porter

December 25, 2017

My favorite tradition is..Making the candy bags that my mother made when I was a child in the 1950’s. They consisted of a brown paper lunch bag with either an apple or orange and some hard Christmas candy. This was all my mother received for Christmas during the depression and it was to remind us how Christmas might sometimes only be a Christmas bag with a piece of fruit and some hard candy but it was a gift of love when it was given from a heart filled with love when my grandpa’s pockets were not filled with money.

Amanda P.

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is spending time with my family and making memories. It’s something special I can’t buy!

Valerie

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is that that we only exchange hand-made gifts.

Jill D

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is going to see the city lights with my family

Cheryl Hicks

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is giving my loved ones the perfect gift. I love to watch the look of pure joy when they open it. It makes me happy when they are happy.

Julie Helmer

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is decorating sugar cookies with my 6 kids, daughter-in-law, and three grandkids. THAT is a big sugar-cookie mess!! But totally enjoyable!

Elaine Laczny

December 25, 2017

Taking time to read sections of the Christmas story from the Bible as an extended family ❤️

Linda Narzisi

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is our family get together at Nana’s. We are a big, loud, Italian family. Our Savior, food, family and laughter.

Yelena

December 25, 2017

My favorite tradition is Elf on the Shelf. Our girl named Cupcake follows our lives and her daily activities are fun and creative. It was sad for my daughter to say goodbye to her elf last night. She sure miss her through the year. I get ideas from our daily tasks and it seems more realistic that she knows what we need to do.

Colleen Jaramillo

December 25, 2017

Decorating the tree with my daughters and seeing them add their new yearly ornaments that will hang on their own tree someday. We make frosted sugar cookies on Christmas Eve that we will eat after they open presents on Christmas morning. They will remember these simple things forever. ❤️?

Denise

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is gathering at my parents’ house with my siblings and their families, and eating that first bite of Acadian poutine. Yum

Christy Keen

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is having dinner and exchanging gifts at my parents house on Christmas Eve.
This is a family tradition my mom has been doing now for 40 plus years.

Sandrine Nouvel

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is when my family comes together to make a crib using our imagination: in biscuit, clay, corn, Lego, Playmobils, plaster, plastic bottles and papier maché, etc.

Marie

December 25, 2017

Displaying my collection of antique angel figurines. My mother started the collection many years ago.

Jennifer

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is of course putting up the Christmas tree while listening to Christmas music with the little ones seeing their excited little faces hanging up each ornament! It’s priceless.

Robin

December 25, 2017

Our tradition starts by opening new jammies on Christmas Eve.. generally a theme for the whole family, and of course their dolls or bears as well.

Our kids [and now grandchildren] have 2 stockings each year. The first filled with breakfast treats and goodies, fresh fruit that we hang from the door knob or bed post for them to dig into when they awaken.

A second more formal stocking is hung from the hearth with small sweets, chocolate letters and small toys. The fancier ones are only seen when we open the doors to the parlor downstairs much as it would have been in Victorian times.

All in all in allows for a more relaxed time as there is never rushing to open stockings or gifts. Lots of music, fun and fellowship all throughout Christmas Day..

We also follow with a small advent style gift for each child through the 12 days of Christmas and have a huge feast and open house on Epiphany, January 6th.

Merry Christmas to All

Suzanne

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is watching holiday movies, I love them all, even the really cheesy ones! My all time favorite is “Preacher’s Wife”.

Sarah Mathias

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is decorating the Christmas tree.

Suzanne Bartlett

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is putting the Angel that was my Grandmother’s on top of the tree and taking a few minutes to remember those who are not with us.

Diane

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is baking and decorating sugar cookies as a family.

Alecia

December 25, 2017

My favourite holiday tradition is watching Christmas movies! Charlie Browns Christmas the weekend before Christmas, The nightmare before Christmas in Christmas Eve & the Muppets Christmas Carol on Christmas morning.

judith hutchings

December 25, 2017

My favourite holiday tradition is picking blackcurrants of our bushs before the birds get them and makeing blackcurrant jam and stewed blackcurrants to go on as a topping on our icecream as we in New Zealand are in our summer.

Diane Panzarello

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is driving around looking at cristmas lights

W Smith

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is taking turns opening gifts and personally thanking the giver.

MonicaAD

December 25, 2017

My favorite Holiday tradition is Thanksgiving :)

Irene

December 25, 2017

My favorite holiday tradition is getting out the ornament boxes with my collection of ones made by friends and family. Some of the creators are no longer with me as they have been called home. I have a luncheon every year where creative ornaments are exchanged between the makers. It’s been my tradition for 45 years and I plan to continue it until I can no longer. Peace and many blessings for your holiday and 2018. Many sewing days ahead for dolls and Zambia purses.