Hey Pandas, What Is A Holiday Tradition That You Always Have Every Year? (Closed)

I am Jewish and my family gets Chinese food every year because it's the only thing that's open.

My sister and I exchange homemade Advent calenders since my mom died who bought them for us...

At the beginning of December we go to a tree farm to cut our own Christmas tree. They charge by height and I always take a picture of my partner, my kid(s) and the tree in front of the measuring stick.
I have ten pictures so far, with my son growing taller in each and then 6 years ago the new baby appeared in her first picture (this year she's just a little shorter than the tree herself).

My friend and I have been gifting 🎁 each other the same fruitcake for 30 years.

It is not an activity, but a decoration that is my traditional holiday marker. When my son was only 3, he decided to make a Christmas decoration for the tree. He got a Lego man and glued a little triangle of red paper on its head with Superglue. (I have no idea how he got the glue or how he managed not to glue his fingers together!) Then he put a piece of garden wire around its neck which looks like a noose and put it in the tree. It has had pride of place for over 30 years.

When I was a kid we always drove around looking at Christmas lights while sipping hot chocolate. Then we would read the Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve while also drinking hot chocolate in our Christmas themed pajamas! I carried that tradition on with my daughters. My girls are now 13 and 17 and yes we still do it and will until they have children to do it with themselves!

Bake cookies, eat cookies, snowball fights, hot chocolate, watch Christmas movies, play games, listen to carols by the fireplace .. the most wonderful time of the year

Plan a visit to north with family, spend quality time .

Tacos on Christmas Eve. My parents lived In London (we are from California) during the late '60s and there was not a tortilla to be had. I was in University and went to London for Christmas. My folks asked me to bring all ingredients in my suitcase. Which I did. Since it was a special meal, we had it Christmas Eve, and Turkey the next day. Then had some turkey tacos for the leftovers. Whole family does this! My grown kids and their families, my brother and his family. Even my ex husband.

Mine might sound weird if you don't live in a country where it is hot during Christmas. My family has a tradition to eat lunch on Christmas in our pool. We put a table and some chairs in the pool and then we sit in there so we can cool off while eating.

Every year, we make Lefse with my mom's side of the family (it's a type of Norwegian flatbread) and celebrate with them on Christmas Eve with dinner.

On Christmas Day, we go to my dad's mom's house, and celebrate with them over breakfast.

As recent as 2018, my parents brother and I decided to do "Santa" presents on Christmas Eve after my mom's relatives leave, so that we can sleep in a little the next day.

I used to buy Christmas presents for my dog, but sadly, he passed a few months ago. So this year, I'll toast to him.

Christmas film day with my partner and sisters.

Annual Christmas pub crawl with all my good friends in Christmas jumpers and silly hats 🎅❤️🎄

During Eid (Or really any family event), there is this one game me and my cousins play, called driving to disney land. We all just get in the car, and pretend we are driving to disney land. We have gotten in trouble numerous times for honking the horn in the garage.

Every year, my family drives around our town looking at all the Christmas lights. After that, my mom reads Twas the Night Before Christmas to us. She has the calming loving mom voice, so it makes you feel like you are a child again.

So my family celebrates both Hanukkah and Christmas. During Hanukkah, starting a few years ago, my dog would jump into and sit in someone's lap (usually my dad), and wait patiently and silently during the candle lighting. It's a little odd, but still cute.

Ever since we got married, we've gotten a real tree each year. Each year I make a fresh cut off the bottom of the tree before we put it in the stand. We mark what year and save the pieces. Once our daughters were born, they joined in the tradition. Last week we put up our 29th piece.

One of our grandparents lives in Texas- she sends a box with gifts for us at the start of December, and we always open them Christmas Eve. Idk why, we just do!

We always have to put up the Christmas village in our living room. Been doing it for years and years can't stop now.

Every year my mom and I (with Aunt or Grandma sometimes) bake snowball cookies and white chocolate peppermint bark.