I grew up with some of the typical Christmas traditions: We put up a (fake) tree and a few lights, we left an orange for Santa got presents on Christmas morning, and we typically went to see my father's side of the family either on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. There were also a few we made up ourselves, like my father and sister driving around looking at all of the neighbor's lights on Christmas Eve, folloed by watching It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol. I kept the latter one, though I watch the Patrick Stewart version, and my father prefers Aleister Sim.
But we didn't do any usual amount of baking (just the usual amount), we didn't decorate that much, my parents didn't give presents to most of their friends (though my mother would make chocolate houses for a few), and I was never involved in the Christmas card adventures.
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Date: 2008-12-04 05:33 pm (UTC)From:But we didn't do any usual amount of baking (just the usual amount), we didn't decorate that much, my parents didn't give presents to most of their friends (though my mother would make chocolate houses for a few), and I was never involved in the Christmas card adventures.