Sixty Weeks to 60: Holiday Traditions

Sixty Weeks to 60: Holiday Traditions

(22 Weeks)

Aside from having a Christmas tree and decorating the house inside and out somewhere between Thanksgiving and mid-December, I haven’t had any traditions for this time of year that have stuck. No special dishes carried down from when I was a kid, nor consistency in who’s gathered around the table. Any tradition I’ve tried to start has been short-lived. 

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New city. New traditions.

New city. New traditions.

The tradition in our family was to put the holiday decorations up after Thanksgiving. Never earlier. They stay up until January 6 (“Little Christmas” or the Feast of the Epiphany), although when I was working full-time outside the home, I’d put them all away on New Year’s Day in order to feel a fresh start going back to work on the 2nd. Once my daughter came along and developed an opinion, she objected to both. Read more →