Do you watch football every Thanksgiving? Does an elf sit on your shelf before Christmas? Or do you spin a dreidel on Chanukah? We all have our traditions to personalize the holidays and make them feel special.
But some traditions are more common than others. So we want to know... what holiday traditions do you follow each year? Tell us to win a $50 Etsy gift card and a Thanksgiving Thankful Tree Kit!
To get you started, here are some of the non-traditional traditions SheSpeaks staff members celebrate during the holidays:
We do a Thanksgiving Tree every year. Everyone gets leaves and they write what they are thankful for and then we hang them from branches that we collect together. It's very sweet. - Aliza Enter below to win your own Thanksgiving Thankful Tree Kit, plus a $50 Etsy gift card!
Each kid gets a new ornament for our Christmas tree every year. We buy it from a store that has tons of ornaments - they even write their name and year on it. My kids are now 21 and 16 so we have tons of them, everything from soccer, gymnastics and baseball to graduations and driving. - Missy
Instead of gifts every night for Chanukah, we spend some nights doing activities with the kids, usually involving food and a giant mess. We've tried making sushi (a sticky-rice mess), fondue (a chocolate mess) and pasta (the biggest mess of all - flour was everywhere!) - Susan
We make homemade pizza on Christmas Eve, for every year of my life I can remember except one! We even make the crust from scratch and everyone picks their own toppings. Even my teenage son calls it "the best tradition ever." - Carol
My New Year's Eve tradition is to make a fancy dinner at home and skip the crowds. In addition to getting some decadent food, we try a new signature cocktail, candles & mood music so we can feel like we've transformed our house into a swanky restaurant. - Emily
*One lucky commenter, Tweeter or Instagrammer will be chosen at random to receive a $50 Etsy gift card and a Thanksgiving Thankful Tree (if the tree is sold out, the prize will instead be a $75 Etsy gift card.) Giveaway is open through November 25th, 2018 to U.S. residents at least 18 years of age. Entrants must be a member of SheSpeaks. If you are not a member, click here to join. Winner will be notified by email.
Update: Thanks to all who entered! Congrats to our winner, SheSpeaks member peter26.
My favorite holiday tradition is to neet up with my dads family and spend time with extended family we never see.
My favorite holiday tradition is spending quality time with my daughter while she is out for the holidays from high school.
We do ornaments and love to take a day to ourselves.
My favorite Holiday tradition is doing all the things while running around stressed ;)
I love baking Christmas cookies and decorating the tree.
Making fudge and pies.
Kym homdiay tradition with my family was always to sleep in on Christmas Day, stay in our pjs and eat all the leftovers while watching tv all day and bonding
Simply getting together with family, sharing food & stories!
On the holidays I enjoy giving back my time and volunteering at my husband's military unit. You're a lot of single soldiers without families that need extra love on the holidays
Baking sweets with the kids and watching Christmas movies/shows
I purchase two unique ornaments each year. One for the family tree and the other for my son so that when he has his own place he will already have special ornaments for his tree
we always let my son open one present on Christmas eve so he can play and get excited.
I love cooking with my family and watching Christmas movies together! Family is so very important!
We have always had a big family get together on Christmas Eve. As our extended family has grown, so has the celebration.
Making homemade candies and chocolates plus the pumpkin rolls