Decorating for Christmas has always been a big deal for my family. We always decorated together when we were kids and now that most of us are grown and gone, we still come home to decorate for Christmas.
Adam and Tessa loved helping Pa decorate the tree. We always love seeing the tree after the kids have decorated it. The bottom is FULL of ornaments and the top is bare. Mom and Dad have to redecorate the tree after we leave.
Tessa said, "I did it!" after putting an ornament on the tree
Uncle Danny helped Adam put the star on top
Soon to be Aunt Amy was sweet enough to read Adam a Christmas book
Our favorite family tradition when decorating for Christmas has to do with our stockings. We all still hang our childhood stockings up at Mom and Dad's house. Years ago we started the tradition that when we pack our stockings away, we write down our favorite memories from the past year and goals for the upcoming year. We stick that paper in our stockings to read the next Christmas when we decorate. We are always excited to see what we wrote. That is something that we still do in our little family. It is always fun to remember things we have forgotten and see how well we did on our goals. Our tradition of doughnuts and hot chocolate is also a favorite!
