Merry Christmas (especially those of you who are working tomorrow),
I just wanted to share some of our Christmas traditions and maybe hear some new ones.
One thing we always do is go up to the high country a week or two before Christmas and cut our tree. Every year we have a few more folks come with us (this year we had 32 people). We build a fire and have hot chocolate for the kids and cook something. If there is enough snow we also go sledding.
One other thing we do is invite someone (or 2 or 3) for Christmas dinner who has no family near them. We give them some type of job and they feel right at home.
My kids started a new tradition a few years back and we have continued it. We each buy a gift for a stranger. We don't know who it is for until we see them. There is no criteria. You buy the gift first and when you see someone you think might enjoy it you hand it over. It's fun to see the reactions when someone gets a gift from a stranger.
