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1. We either go to Havre for Christmas (where my mom’s parents live) or stay home (my dad’s parents live next door). My dad’s brother usually comes to the farm for Christmas, so if we’re home, we get to see him. We’re at the farm this year since some of us are sick and my mom hurt her back.
When we’re in Havre, we always have pizza from a specific restaurant called Nalivka’s with my mom’s family (the pizza’s not the best but it’s tradition I guess…), and we have a big Christmas dinner and presents on Christmas.
At the farm, we go to my grandparents and it’s tradition to eat my grandma’s homemade potato knoephla soup by candlelight. My grandma always makes cheeseball and rolls and popcorn cake and other things. When we’re home, we also go to a Christmas Eve service.Ā On Christmas my grandma’s family comes and she invites us to come over for lunch and spend time with them.
2. I NEVER believed in Santa, my parents always told me he wasn’t real…when I was little and my friends were talking about Santa, I’d be like “He’s NOT REAL!” and then we’d argue about it XD
3. We always watch The Star (an animated reinactment of the Nativity that is so funny and adorable!), but I really like the new movie that just came out called Journey to Bethlehem.
4. I love candy canes and hot cocoa…(I’m so basic XD)
5. Everyone buys gifts for everyone.
6. We open gifts on Christmas morning, but we open my Grandma’s gifts to us Christmas Eve at her house.
7. Fake tree…we have never had a real one, sadly. š
8. The potato soup by candlelight is an interesting tradition of my grandma’s, and we always eat Nalivka’s pizza at my other grandma’s.
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LEFSE FOREVER!!!!!! <333I’ve never heard of popcorn cake… or was there supposed to be a comma between the two words?
"Real love is for your good, not for your comfort." -Justin Whitmel Earley
No, it’s literally a cake made out of popcorn! XD
It’s like a giant popcorn ball with gumdrops, m&m’s, and other candies inside of it.
Lukas&Livia
#Lalbert
Sef&Chase
#HOTTOLINE
LEFSE FOREVER!!!!!! <333I NEVER believed in Santa, my parents always told me he wasnāt realā¦when I was little and my friends were talking about Santa, Iād be like āHeās NOT REAL!ā and then weād argue about it XD
Ah, same here!! my siblings and I tried to argue that with my cousin once lol
Flaz: *yawns* Did the sun just come up? In the west?
Nice topic!!
Biggest one: how do you celebrate Christmas Eve/Christmas? (family gatherings, church services, other fun traditions?)
So, we don’t live near any of our extended family right now, but sometimes we meet up with my Dad’s parents. We’ve never done Christmas with my mom’s side (that I can remember). This year they came a few weeks before Christmas, so they’re not here right now.
Did your family do Santa Claus (or maybe still, for some of you)?
My parents never told us he was real either. It was just something that other kids did but not us.
Favorite Christmas movie
Elf, probably. We watch it every year.
Favorite Christmas food (or any special foods you eat this time of year)
We don’t really have a tradition for Christmas food except for cinnamon rolls, but I love apple pie and stores usually have it this time of year, so we buy lots of that.
How does your family give gifts? (Does everyone buy things for everyone else, or do you do Secret Santa, or white elephant exchanges?)
We didn’t always do this, but all us siblings buy things for each other (there’s only three of us, though). And we all get gifts from my parents.
When do you open gifts? Christmas Eve, or Christmas morning?
We normally do our gift exchange on Christmas Eve and then open our parents gifts on Christmas morning.
Real or fake tree?
Always fake. We’ve never had a real tree, I’m not really sure why. Maybe because of bugs? Also, my parents were probably afraid our dog would pee on it lol.
Do you have unique family/cultural traditions?
Not really.
Ooh, I should also add that we have a tradition of cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas.
Hey, us too! š
Ā but I really like the new movie that just came out called Journey to Bethlehem.
Oh, we just saw that twice in a row xD. I liked it a lot too! The music is so good, we were listening to the music weeks before we saw it š .
WE ARE REVIVING THE PROTECTION SQUAD! *steals Joseph and Eric from Ellette*
Wow that sounds like a child’s dream right there! Or like something out of Elf haha. You’re making me hungry!
"Real love is for your good, not for your comfort." -Justin Whitmel Earley
Oh this is so fun! Yeah, itās after Christmas, but Iām answering anyway. XD
how do you celebrate Christmas Eve/Christmas?
Typically our church has a Christmas Eve service, so weāll go to that. For Christmas Eve dinner, weāll eat finger foods and we make a punch with Hawaiian Punch, 7-UP, and orange sherbet. Then thereās this cute animated movie (itās like less than half and hour) that we watch called The Very First Noel. I think they call it The Three Wise Men now. I feel like we also end up watching Itās a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve, but sometimes weāll watch it during the week before Christmas.
Christmas day weāll eat a big breakfast, read the Christmas story, then open presents. Weāve gone up north to visit my momās side of the family before, but we normally celebrate it with my dadās side. What we do and eat there usually differs depending if all the family is in town yet.
Did your family do Santa Claus (or maybe still, for some of you)?
Nope. I donāt think we ever did. And I donāt remember our parents specifically telling us he wasnāt real. I feel like we just knew or something. XD
Favorite Christmas movie
Ooohhh, thatās a hard one. Our family is big on Christmas movies. We have so many that we donāt even watch all of them during the month of December. I really like White Christmas, Holiday Inn, I Heard the Bells, The Santa Clause, Home Alone, Itās a Wonderful Life, and Jingle Jangle.
Favorite Christmas food (or any special foods you eat this time of year)
Umā¦ it can change from year to year, so I donāt know if I have a favorite. XD
How does your family give gifts?
So me and my three siblings each buy a present for Mom and Dad. And we draw names for each other, but we know whoās buying for us. Our grandparents normally get each of their grandchildren a couple presents. (Thereās a lot of us. XD) So weāll open those whenever we go up to visit them. We draw names on dadās side of the family among all the cousins. Either theyāll open those at our grandparents our or when they celebrate their Christmas if they arenāt coming up to visit.
When do you open gifts? Christmas Eve, or Christmas morning?
Christmas morning! But we get a new ornament every year, so weāll open those Christmas Eve.
Real or fake tree?
Weāve done both!
Do you have unique family/cultural traditions?
Ummā¦. I donāt think so.
Write what should not be forgotten. ā Isabel Allende
Every year my family makes lefse together, which is a Norwegian flat bread which is pretty much a tortilla but made with potatoes. I like to put butter and cinnamon sugar on mine and then roll it up and eat it.
I think The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe counts as a Christmas movie since Santa is in it, so Iām going to say thatās my favorite.
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My grandparents used to give ornaments to each of us grandkids every year! They stopped once we reached a certain age, and started giving us money instead. I liked getting ornaments but it did fill up our tree lol.
"Real love is for your good, not for your comfort." -Justin Whitmel Earley
Yeah I think that can count! That is a good movie!
"Real love is for your good, not for your comfort." -Justin Whitmel Earley
Oh yeah, our tree is super full every year. And Mom and Dad donāt even put all of their ornaments on it. XD
Write what should not be forgotten. ā Isabel Allende
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