Share Your Holiday Traditions to Win

   By SheSpeaksTeam  Dec 07, 2011
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There are plenty of signs that the holidays are coming.  The nights get darker earlier, the weather starts to get colder and in some parts of the country it's already snowing. City streets are decorated with lights and garlands and store windows are embossed with snowy scenes.  With Thanksgiving now passed, how do you make the holidays fun and keep the spirit running through the end of the year?

For many of us the holidays is a time when we return to a childhood feeling but there is always opportunity to introduce a new tradition for you and your family.  What do you like to do to make this time of year special?  It's so much fun to go out for coffee or have wine with old friends or perhaps you go ice skating or take winter walk.  If you love crafts or cooking there's such a huge variety of fabulous recipes and projects you can make and thanks to the internet the new and creative ideas for the holidays are endless.  For some of us, making popcorn, kicking back and watching a family movie is the perfect way to spend family time together.

We'd like to hear your favorite, most creative or best loved holiday tradition or a review of your favorite holiday movie.

To be entered to win one of our prizes this week, simply create a review for a holiday movie or share your holiday traditions in the comment section below.  Maybe you'll get some ideas to add to your family favorites this year!

 

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 Prizes:



The All-American Cookie Book by Nancy Baggett


Create-a-treat Gingerbread House


Love Actually (Blu-ray)


Snow by Cynthia Rylant


The Nightmare Before Christmas Collector's Edition (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)


The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition with Blue Eyed North Pole Pixie-Elf

 

The contest starts Dec 7, 2011 and ends Dec 13, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.  Must be a US resident. No purchase necessary.

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cmrose by cmrose | WINSTON SALEM, NC
Dec 11, 2011

We enjoy making spiced pecans and spiced gingerbread men using our special recipes while listening to traditional Christmas carols.

randrwoman by randrwoman | New Milford, CT
Dec 11, 2011

and apologies for the multiple posts...janice

randrwoman by randrwoman | New Milford, CT
Dec 11, 2011

When my kids were younger - I took the largest pair of my husband's work boots and wet the bottoms and dipped them in a pan filled with baking soda. I put the boots on the carpet as I made "snowy footprints" going from our fireplace hearth to the Christmas tree and back up it again! My kids would look downstairs from above Christmas morning and start screaming that Santa had surely been there! This worked until one day one of them touched the "snow" and questioned why it was not cold and wet! But I've shared this with many people and they have used it on carpet or wood or tile. It's a real thrill for the kids. Janice

randrwoman by randrwoman | New Milford, CT
Dec 11, 2011

When my kids were younger - I took the largest pair of my husband's work boots and wet the bottoms and dipped them in a pan filled with baking soda. I put the boots on the carpet as I made "snowy footprints" going from our fireplace hearth to the Christmas tree and back up it again! My kids would look downstairs from above Christmas morning and start screaming that Santa had surely been there! This worked until one day one of them touched the "snow" and questioned why it was not cold and wet! But I've shared this with many people and they have used it on carpet or wood or tile. It's a real thrill for the kids. Janice

sondor by sondor | CROSSVILLE, TN
Dec 10, 2011

Our family traditions include decorating our Christmas tree with ornaments we have collected over the years. Our little daughter always puts the star on top of the tree. Each child gets to hang his personal favorite ornaments on the tree. Then we hang the stockings, put the wreath on the front door and place our Nativity Scene on the mantle. The kids really look forward to decorating and then making hot chocolate with marshmallows to sip by the fireplace.

mcarr17 by mcarr17 | Copley, OH
Dec 10, 2011

I do most of the Christmas prep leading up to Christmas, but around December 20th my husband and I put on the movie Christmas Vacation and together we wrap all of our girls' presents together. I look forward to this ever year.

hamster_mom by hamster_mom | LAS VEGAS, NV
Dec 10, 2011

Our tradition was to have my mom make us all banana nut bread for christmas, but she passed away this [last June and I inherited her recipe so I am making it this year and showing my 20 year old daughter how to make the loaves as well.

allisondusek by allisondusek | cloquet, MN
Dec 09, 2011

We have a few holiday traditions in our family. One is we always go out together and search for the "perfect" Christmas tree... it has to be real, and we find it out in my parents woods. The second tradition is we always watch White Christmas together (everyone loves that movie, it's a classic). The last tradition we have is my three children and I make HUGE batches of sugar cookies. They love to decorate/frost/sprinkle them any way they choose. They also like to give "their" special cookies to grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. We absolutely love the holidays!

kaylamama by kaylamama | SAINT PAUL, MN
Dec 09, 2011

We look forward to driving around the neighborhood and looking at all of the decorated houses, hearing my daughter "ooh and ahh" is awesome.

PennyWhistle by PennyWhistle | OMAHA, NE
Dec 09, 2011

Holiday cheer begins with cheerful holiday music. Some of my favorites are David Benoit (Remembering Christmas), Boney James (Boney's Funky Christmas) and Brian Culbertson (Soulful Christmas). I listen to the CD's at home and on Youtube at work. I also love to make rum balls (some years they're bourbon balls) and singing on Christmas Eve at midnight mass. Sharing all of this and more with family and friends is what really makes it a special holiday time, however. The sounds, the smells, and the laughter all go together to make it memorable year after year.

mich1l by mich1l | KEY LARGO, FL
Dec 09, 2011

My favorite Christmas tradition growing up was always getting a to open new pair of pj's on Christmas Eve. I do this with my son now as well..

lisaann by lisaann | Boise, ID
Dec 09, 2011

Our tradition is to leave cut up carrots and water out for the reindeer. We also always give each other pajamas and slippers on Christmas Eve :)

Donna2124 by Donna2124 | Raceland, KY
Dec 09, 2011

Our tradition was to each purchase one ornament every year to hang on our tree. We would also string cranberries and popcorn as garland. We always had the most beautiful tree! Now my daughters carry on this tradition with my grand kids. They love it and always send Nana a picture of their decorated tree!

tenkids2dogs by tenkids2dogs | TOMS RIVER, NJ
Dec 09, 2011

Our family collects toys, gift cards, gift wrap, even tape and provides everything families dealing with a critically/chronically ill child need to have an abundantly blessed Christmas....We drive out to Pennsylvania and pick a balled tree we keep on the back deck by the fire pit and decorate it with lights pinecones slathered in peanutbutter and rolled in birdseed to feed our furry woodland freinds, then we plant it come spring....our 10 kids have a "Secret Santa" for each other but the rule is they have to MAKE the gift....On Christmas morning, my husband sits in front of the tree and hands out ONE gift at a time. Everyone has to sit and watch each other open their gifts. It keeps the chaos at a minimum, builds the anticipation and the kids get to be excited for each other.

ElizabethMenard by ElizabethMenard | NOBLESVILLE, IN
Dec 09, 2011

Our favorite holiday tradition is watching the movie "It's a wonderful life". My husbands has had some health issues and sometimes it's easy to feel life has been unfair but when we watch that movie, which we do every year it makes us realize how greatful we are for everything we have, like our family and that we are very fortunate .