Oh Wow.... where do I start? ( nice thread by the way
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The most important ones have survived the divorce.
My mum always bought my sisters and I a huge tin of Roses chocolates every year to eat at will . She did it till her very last christmas - now I buy one for my own little family to enjoy on the day.
The Tree - I am a total tree nazi. I always do all the decorating. No objections are brooked. I know... I feel just a pinch of guilt but not enough to stem the desire to have complete decorating control.
Food - I am German... its all about the abundance of food. Massive breakfast ( changes every year - this year the vote was french toast, croissants and sticky mickey's for morning tea) even bigger Lunch ( roast turkey in some incarnation,roast vegies and lashings of gravy) always make a plum pud but rarely heat it up until there is more stomach room on Boxing Day.
Dinner is a non event. Too full. We usually eat the BBQ stuff intended for Christmas dinner for Boxing Day dinner.
I make a few 'only on special occasions/family recipe' bickies and a german meat paste that has been passed down through the generations that looks like pate but tastes more like spicey beef stew... its an acquired taste...
Only one pressie before Church and then a massive free for all of gifts before lunch when we get home.
always have crackers and MUST wear the paper hats for a 'decent' amount of time. Making our own this year - scrapbooked style.
I have bought my kids a special decoration each year and recorded the details so that when they leave home, they can decorate a tree of their own. I am however, very attached to many of them so that might be interesting ( only kidding, they'll get them). Actually, this is the only thing I am not a control freak about with the tree... the kids put their own stash onto the tree. Its something they never want to miss, and one of my favourite parts of christmas watching them remembering christmas's past.
Christmas photo of my family.
I collect Christmas tree 'stuff' - it gets harder each year to find enough room for the forest.
We don't tend to go very far from home cos I only have Christmas Day off.
I'm sure there are more but I can't remember any more right now...
Lisa. */
We had a lot of fun decorating our Gingerbread men today. 