A Time for Holiday Traditions

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Christmas, like many holidays, is one full of traditions. From decorating pine trees to gift giving, there are a multitude of traditions that people generally act upon during this time of the year. Plenty of them having their beginnings in the pagan celebration of Yule that would take place centuries ago.

My family enjoys celebrating things, and Christmas is no exception. We embark on many traditions both from the general society and of our own. One tradition of ours that we do is buying Christmasy pajamas and save them to be worn on Christmas Eve and Christmas. As far as I know they're ins't a specific story as to how it started, but we do it none the less every year.

Another Christmas tradition that I used to do when I was little, was make "reindeer mix" and spread it out in front of our house with my grandma. We would spread the mix out all over the driveway and I would always get so excited Christmas morning when I went outside and ALL of it was gone. It would be a nice little start to my morning as well as some sweet quality time that was spent with my grandma.

Do you have any Christmas traditions that you're looking forward to this holiday season? If so, what are some of them?

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