Would anyone like to share some special family traditions you might be trying to pass on to your kids? My family wasn't big on traditions (besides attending church for any possible reason) and I keep wishing I had some traditions of some sort (besides real mashed potatoes and gravy!). My in-laws have a Christmas eve traditional meal of oyster stew and venison stew. We have chosen to do the oyster stew as much as possible. We also give my kids a pair of new pajamas and a new book on Christmas Eve (and those are the presents they get to unwrap the night before). We have also tended to have a seafood type Christmas day dinner, crab legs and oysters and shrimp, etc.

I look forward to hearing some of your traditions (big or little, serious or humorous!)

And now I notice that a lot of our little traditions revolve around FOOD. Hmmm. Off to find some traditional late night chocolate...

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