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.
I love shopping the sales on the day after Christmas!
I have had so much loss in my life that the holidays always bring a certain pang and loneliness in my heart. To combat these feelings I try very hard to be with positive, loving, uplifting people! I bake, sing, dance, and write...even if I am by myself!
On Thanksgiving we have dinner than sit and enjoy our guests company.
My favorite holiday tradition is definitely spending time with the people I care about most and the loved ones I don't see too often.
My favorite holiday tradition is finding new (and old!) recipes to make with my daughter, and then enjoying them while watching holiday movies together.
Playing the Christmas dice game with family. Everyone chips in to buy gifts for the game and it's a lot of fun.
Spending time in the kitchen with loved ones. Helping, talking, even cleaning up together. Makes the time special just being in the moment.
To have Panettone and hot chocolate during the holidays. Thanks for the chance
decorating the tree
I enjoy wrapping presents with my daughter
As a family tradition, we go out on black friday to get matching PJs for Christmas. On Christmas day we wear those pjs to open presents and eat our snack foods. ( nursing life doesnt let me have to much free time)
My Mom and I set a day to go out to breakfast and then do our holiday shopping ending with a nice dinner out.
We enjoy decorating and buying eachother a new ornament each year.
My favorite holiday tradition is driving around with family to see all the Christmas lights & decorations around the neighborhood.
I dont think we really have any unique traditions, but I'm excited to start some with my little one as this will be her first xmas :)