Christmas Traditions

I love doing this link-ups with Kelly's Korner! It gives me ideas to write about, and makes me stick to it because it happens on a specific date. 

Today's post is about our Christmas traditions. This is only our second Christmas with Eliana, so we are still trying to figure out what our traditions are. 

One thing that we have done since we got married is to have Christmas morning with just our little family. We spend lots of time with family later in the day, but we like to have a little time together without all of the chaos!

My dad and stepmom started "Grandkid Christmas" many years ago when most of the grandkids were younger (now other than Eliana they range from a freshman in high school to college graduates). They like to give their grandkids their presents on a different day so they can take the time to enjoy watching them get their presents. We've already had Grandkid Christmas this year, and Eliana got this super kitchen set!

One thing that we are concerned about as a family is making sure we focus on the real meaning of Christmas. We bought Eliana this nativity set this year, and we have used it to talk to her about Jesus. We are also planning on baking Jesus a birthday cake on Christmas Eve. 

Like I said, we're still creating our traditions. What are yours?