Christmas is a time for traditions.
Here are a few of our
favorites!
Christmas Cookies
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| Tupperware Cookie Cutters |
What is more fun than gathering the family together in the
kitchen and baking up a batch of cookies?
You can make them from scratch or for an easy out buy a roll of cookie
dough and simply slice or roll it out and cut shapes with seasonal or whimsical cookie
cutters. Pop them in the oven and in a few minutes you can start decorating
with colored icing, sprinkles and piping. Be sure to make more than you need as
quite a few may mysteriously disappear while being decorated!
Happy Birthday!
One of our family’s favorite traditions is a Birthday Party! We
decorate our dining room with a Happy Birthday banner.
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| Fostoria American Square Cake Plate |
On Christmas Eve we
have a cake and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus. A special cake stand adds to the celebration! It’s a fun way to remind your
children - and yourself - of the real reason for the holiday.
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| Gorham Sterling Silver Snowflake Ornament |
O Tannenbaum
Another Christmas Eve tradition is decorating the tree. Our
children are all adults and we break out a bottle of champagne when decorating
the tree. Families with younger children can substitute sparkling juice.
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| Vintage Champagne Glasses |
We enjoy unpacking the special ornament
from years past and adding new ones to celebrate the years accomplishments. Vintage ornaments add a special touch to any tree.
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| Vintage Christmas Tree Ornaments |
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| Vintage Christmas Tree Decorations |
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| Vintage Dancing Santa Ornament |
Cookies for Santa
Don’t forget to put out some cookies for Santa. Having a special
plate to use every year adds to the traditional fun.
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| Cherry China Christmas Lunch Set |
Christmas Morning
Christmas morning is too exciting for a sit down
breakfast. Pop some sweet rolls in the
oven start the coffee and by the time the stockings are emptied you are ready
to eat. Snack trays are a wonderful way to eat around the tree while opening
presents. The adults will appreciate the coffee and just fill the children’s
cups with juice or milk.
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| Lenox Holiday Dinnerware |
Christmas Dinner
Definitely the time to bring out the good china, glassware, candle stick holders, linens and the like. We look forward to using our special Christmas dishes to add to the festive design of our table.
We hope you enjoyed hearing about some of our traditions and
please feel free to add your own in a comment. Merry Christmas to all!
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| GVS Holiday Shopping |
For a special treat click on this link for a GVS Holiday Shopping Video, sit back and enjoy! http://www.photoshow.com/watch/Ci8Ye3rQ
About the Author
Karen Mantone-Pillar is one
of the founders and administrators of Got Vintage Shops. She currently owns and
operates two online shops; Charmings Collectibles on Etsy, and a stand
alone web store CharmingsCollectibles.com.
About the Slide Show Producer
Lynn Stull owns and operates The Eclectic Diva - Where Diva Meets Vintage.
Lovely blog post! I have a dancing Santa ornament. My Dad says it was on his tree as a child, it's been in the family forever. Love it.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see the many familiar traditions that I grew up with, along with a few that will be nice to add to our family celebrations. Very nicely done!
ReplyDeleteWonderful blog post. I like the birthday party idea! My family traditions include setting out the lighted nativity scene in the front yard and making handmade ornaments every year to give as gifts. Our tree takes about three hours to assemble, because there are so many ornaments now! Thank you for posting this. :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful traditions for Christmas memory making! And that is what holidays are for, making memories with family and friends.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Christmas is my absolute favorite time, and I try to stretch it out as long as possible lol. Love the birthday party for Jesus--so sweet :o)
ReplyDeleteOne tradition that my mother and I had since I was small, up until she wasn't physically able to do it anymore was that we walked to get our tree, and carried it home on foot. It was nice, often hilarious (depending on the size of the thing, my mother was a little over 5' tall), and we did it, no matter what the weather was.
Great job, and Merry Christmas!