With the birth of our child and the Christmas season upon us, my wife has constantly been talking about traditions. One of my family's Christmas traditions has always been opening our "stockings" from Grams. These stockings started as far back as I can remember and were a standard size stocking. They have now grown into rather large gift bags filled with items that will help you survive for an entire year.
You never know what you might find in these giant bags of joy. On top you will find a pair of socks or maybe a few pairs of gloves. Everyone can use a pack of cheese crackers and a notepad to right your thoughts on. You will definitely need the pocket flashlight to light your way. There is always a can of shaving cream and a pack of razors for the men and the women find items such as.....I don't know what the women find because I am always burried in my stocking looking for the money!
My mind is always churning and the more my wife talks about traditions the more I think. "What will be our christmas tradition with Baby Hop?" I guess that we will just have to wait and see what happens on the first Christmas. Though he will probably only be a few days old, I am sure that something will happen that will make us say, Hmmmm...That's it! It may be as simple as opening a gift on Christmas eve so that he can have new pajamas for Christmas morning, or making cookies for Santa! I like that idea! It may be going out and looking at Christmas lights while drinking hot chocolate?
It is so exciting to think up all of these great ideas while he is still in the womb yet somehow, everything will be completely different when he is here. Baby Hop is going to rule the roost.
What are your Christmas traditions?
In the women's stockings we find a lot of similar items as you do. We get the shaving cream, the razors, q-tips, cotton balls. There are a few pieces of chocolate, a few other snacks. Socks, dish towels or pot holders! Lol. But we do love the stockings!!!!!
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