The Holidays In My Family | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Lifestyle

The Holidays In My Family

How do you spend your holidays?

75
The Holidays In My Family
Pexels

The holiday season is beginning and I couldn't be more excited. All of the family traditions always make for amazing memories. Most of our traditions start a little before Halloween when we get our pumpkins. We always go to a pumpkin patch instead of a market or grocery store. We go and walk around the pumpkin fields and pick the perfect pumpkins, we get apple cider or hot chocolate depending on where we are and walk around more as a family before leaving. After that we have Thanksgiving. I always spend Thanksgiving with close relatives, we all get-together and have a delicious feast, we joke around and play games and then we generally get our Christmas tree the day of or after. We always get real trees and usually my dad with cut one himself. We all decorate it together and have fun putting out all of the stockings and other holiday decorations. On December 1st the advent calendars and Elfie, the elf on the shelf, come out for 25 days of exciting surprises. Every day a little surprise leading up to Christmas. On Christmas Eve we go to Church in the evening with my grandparents and we open presents at their house, then my parents give us kids new "Christmas pajamas". Then on Christmas morning my brothers are always the first ones up, yelling and jumping to all the rooms to make sure that everyone knows "ITS CHRISTMAS". We go downstairs to the living room with the pretty presents under the beautiful Christmas tree, my brothers don't notice the beauty due to their uncontrollable excitement. We get our coffee/tea/snacks and settle into the living room to read the note that Santa left next to the plate that held is cookies the night before. We watch my brothers rip open presents and try to keep up enough to get the paper in the bag. Once they've settled the slightest bit we open a few things too but it's mainly about them. The rest of Christmas is spent relaxing with family and just enjoying the things we were given and cherishing the expressions of the ones we love as they opened the present we have them.

How do you spend your holidays? I'd love the feedback!

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Relationships

10 Facts All People In A Large Family Can Confirm During The Holiday Season

The holiday season can be the best and most stressful time of the year, especially when more people are involved.

1772
kids jumping

The holidays are full of lights, sweets, sweaters, and your favorite movies. There's nothing quite like this period from the beginning of December through January. Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Years. The fun of it all.

I don't know about you but with my large Italian family something is always going on during this season. It can be the most wonderful time of the year while also being the most hectic. These are a few things you know if your family is anything like mine during this time.

Keep Reading...Show less
10 things that happen the second Thanksgiving is over
reference.com

To those who celebrate, you just spent an entire day cooking an elaborate meal with all of your favorite foods. You probably ate your body weight in pumpkin pie and mashed potatoes. What happens now? Oh yea, Christmas. It’s time to take out all of the decorations and Christmas themed things that have been sitting in the attic since last year; it’s time to make a reappearance. So, here are 10 things that happen the second Thanksgiving is over.

Keep Reading...Show less
Adulting

18 Things I Want To Do Now That I'm 18

I'm technically an adult, so I'm legally required to live a little, right?

4768
Happy Birthday Cake

For the entirety of my high school career, I was always seen as the goody-two-shoes. I never got in trouble with a teacher, I kept stellar grades, and when I wasn't doing extracurricular activities, I was at home studying. Even when I did go out, it was usually with a bunch of fellow band geeks. The night would end before 11:00 PM and the only controversial activity would be a fight based on who unfairly won a round of Apples-to-Apples when someone else clearly had a better card (I promise I'm not still holding a grudge).

Now that I'm officially an adult, I want to pursue some new things. I want to experience life in a way that I never allowed myself to do prior to entering college. These are the years that I'm supposed to embark on a journey of self-discovery, so what better way to do that than to create a bucket list?

Keep Reading...Show less
Featured

10 Life Lessons from Christmas Classics

The holiday classics that shaped my life

2935
10 Life Lessons from Christmas Classics
Flickr

The holiday season is full of stress, debt, and forced conversation. While we rush through the month of December, it's important to take a step back and enjoy the moments before they're gone. Most families love to watch Christmas movies, but these beloved films provide more than entertainment. Here are 10 life lessons that I've learned from the holiday classics we watch every year.

Keep Reading...Show less
Featured

15 Mind-Bending Riddles

Hopefully they will make you laugh.

202326
 Ilistrated image of the planet and images of questions
StableDiffusion

I've been super busy lately with school work, studying, etc. Besides the fact that I do nothing but AP chemistry and AP economics, I constantly think of stupid questions that are almost impossible to answer. So, maybe you could answer them for me, and if not then we can both wonder what the answers to these 15 questions could be.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments