Every family has different traditions during the holiday season. For some families, one holiday tradition may include an uncle getting dressed up as Santa Claus. In another family, Christmas Eve dinner may top the tradition list. Some traditions are passed on from generation to generation, while others are created as families grow and change. While there is no way to create a comprehensive list of traditions, the following list highlights ten traditions that are representative of American families celebrating Christmas. Whether your favorite Christmas tradition made our list or not, the most important thing to remember this holiday season is to make cherished memories with your loved ones. Celebrate deep-rooted traditions and continue to create new holiday traditions to share with your family and friends.
Speaking of Santa and Rudolph, how else can they find your house on Christmas Eve without a little help from decorations all over your abode?
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Each Christmas season, stockings can be found throughout American homes. Stockings may include gag gifts, like coal, or little gifts, like candy, CD's, and socks.
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For children and grownups alike, this may be the best Christmas tradition of all. Every holiday season, children of all ages bake up an assortment of their Christmas cookie specialties,
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Glasses of festive eggnog with christmas decorations.
Christmas parties have become an essential part of the American holiday season, and the office Christmas party is a notoriously good time.
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For many families, the month of December becomes one long trip through Christmas movie nostalgia. Not only do the TV channels rebroadcast all of the old favorite Christmas movies, but the true movie-fan family also has DVDs and tapes of all their own favorites.
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Christmas shopping season officially begins the day after Thanksgiving and continues until Christmas day. To some folks, it's the most enjoyable part of the season.
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What American holiday would be complete without greetings cards? The first Christmas card appeared in London in 1843 and became popular in America around 1875.
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This tradition may not be as popular today as it once was. Perhaps it's because too many people live in the suburbs, where houses are far away and neighborhoods are not as close knit as they used to be.
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