Traditions

On Christmas we always take a family picture on the stairs before we can open presents. After opening all the big presents a tradition is we open stockings next. Stockings are my parents favorite thing and it was always a tradition in their family to open them last so we decided to carry it on. Right after stockings we always eat this amazing apple cake that's my mom make. It's warm, fresh, and filling. For the rest of the afternoon we usually hang with the family, watch a movie or whatever. At night we head over to my grandmothers house for a big family get together and have dinner, open presents, and hang out with the family. The day before thanksgiving we have this tradition with our friends that we all go see a movie together, there are usually 40 people that come total and it's a blast! And we all come back to my house for desserts and game time. On thanksgiving we always have a big dinner and turkey with my family and sometimes it's at my grandmas house and sometimes it at my house. We always play games all together and it always ends up being really fun! Towards the end of the night my family all puts their name in a hat and we draw to see who gets who a present! It's fun and I love it. My grandma isn't good a gifts so we take it over. One year I got a Dora the explorer doll and I cried because I was so upset that I got such a dumb present, that was the worst Christmas ever!