Traditions

Christmas traditions...culture would have us spend too much, eat too much, drink too much and make it all about Santa and eggnog. We really don't do a lot at our house but the few things we do are special. Christmas eve we bake and decorate cookies, my baby girl....now 23.... and I have done this together since she was old enough. We have 20 or so years of baking and cookie pictures. This year we we have actually planned our grand son's first Christmas so they will be here Christmas eve and we can have our tradition. More recently, I would say for the past 7 years we have a new tradition. We have a spike about 6 inches long that hangs from a red ribbon. It represents the nails that hung Jesus on the cross. When we first put up the tree, before anything else is done, we hang the nail on a limb close to the trunk in remembrance of what Christmas is all about.
Peace and Love
Jeff