Christmas Eve Traditions

Did I kill the the thread?

Walter L Newton wrote: Did I kill the the thread?

Yup, quite effectively

For the rest of you I hope you have a pleasurable Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, without any angst.

Walter it just put a damper on things, but not everyone has fond memories of Christmas past.

Blondie wrote:

Walter L Newton wrote: Did I kill the the thread?

Yup, quite effectively

For the rest of you I hope you have a pleasurable Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, without any angst.

Thanks for the kind words.

HEARTLESS wrote: Walter it just put a damper on things, but not everyone has fond memories of Christmas past.

Understood. But that was a tradition.

People that get mean after drinking shouldn't drink or need to meet people that are bigger and nastier to help them with attitude adjustment. Unfortunately, most mean drunks pick on those smaller and in the relative privacy of home.
New traditions should be a vast improvement.

Walter L Newton wrote:

HEARTLESS wrote: Walter it just put a damper on things, but not everyone has fond memories of Christmas past.

Understood. But that was a tradition.

It was your Dad's tradition, and you continued to honor it by raising a glass. Come up with something new, maybe a new practice will be come a tradition for you.

I wouldn't even think to make a suggestion. We have all had family blow ups, illness, and been overshadowed by tragedy.

Merry Christmas and good luck

New traditions should be a vast improvement.

Exactly!

If you don't have any happy memories to celebrate on Christmas Eve why not make some and perpetuate them year after year? Encourage your friends and family to join you in celebrating the new tradition(s). Be it a simple thing like making an anonymous charitable donation or a full blown Christmas ritual like a formal dinner or something very personal to you. Celebrating traditions should be all about remembering the details of the tradition, having fun, and passing the tradition on to future generations in the hope that they will continue to celebrate year after year.

otisptoadwater wrote:

New traditions should be a vast improvement.

Exactly!

If you don't have any happy memories to celebrate on Christmas Eve why not make some and perpetuate them year after year? Encourage your friends and family to join you in celebrating the new tradition(s). Be it a simple thing like making an anonymous charitable donation or a full blown Christmas ritual like a formal dinner or something very personal to you. Celebrating traditions should be all about remembering the details of the tradition, having fun, and passing the tradition on to future generations in the hope that they will continue to celebrate year after year.

I was simply following the subject of the thread.

Happy Camper started this thread with "Christmas morning always started early as there were 8 kids so we would watch cartoons until 6am then we would wake my Mom and Dad up. Of course my Dad would stay in bed until the coffee was done maybe longer he liked to see us squirm."

I followed suit. Sorry my memories were not so warm and cuddly as Happy Camper's or maybe yours.

No damage done.

As our current collection of elected "leaders" are so fond of saying, "let's press the reset button..." How about traditions that are fun, reminiscent of better times, and serve as a memorial of those who made our current lives better?