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Delightful! I LOVE Christmas Traditions!!!

Great family tradition, I always embrace with grace traditions and heritage... as we must be proud of them and transmit them to kids and grands.
One of my family tradition was that at every Christmas we must add 2-3 ornaments for our tree... so I ended up with huge number of decoration/toys on my tree... All of them remained in my house when I lived... Mom gave them to my friends... Since I have been arrived in States, I have started the tradition again...
Joan thanks for a great post which I enjoy immensely.

Thanks Charlotte...there are others on Squidoo.com under Mom To The Zoo
So glad you enjoy hearing my stories! :)

Ohcaroline, to get your cookies on the cookie sheet use a spatula and wriggle under the cookies but very carefully. The kitchen should not be too hot that helps as well.

I can see the black being elegant and toning down some of the brighter colors. My brother's tree usually looks like something from Halloween.

This little panda is adorable! I can see why it would be such a success.

It's such a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing this with us. I am so happy for you, and I so admire the very beautiful heart that you have. Please continue to share more stories!

Thank you for stopping by to share my meanderings...I am so glad you enjoyed! :)

So very glad you have all enjoyed sharing my childhood with me! :)

These are such beautiful words! Such a blessing to me. God bless!

Wow these are wonderful memories! I really really enjoyed reading this. Some of it is funny and others are just so beautiful. I wish I could remember my childhood better though. Thank you for sharing this with us!

No, my tree is usually old fashioned country style. Last year I bought a bushy Norfolk Island Pine and decorated it with decorations we have used for many many years...I tend to like decorations that bring back memories. Nice lens, though:-)

@paperfacets thanks. My FB is a mess as well, but stay a little longer, I think the competition is GOOD for them and they will start to do a lot of changes... the time will decide, but if we have 2 clean platform it will be great for us... If they never learn the lesson, and don't do changes... they will lose a lot of people...

Charlotte, I really enjoyed reading this. Music has always been a huge part of my life. I have sung since the age of four and taught myself to play the piano. There is music playing in my house all the time, as well as in the car. I'd fold without it. Every dog I have ever owned has sung with me. I think that is due to the quality of my high soprano...that and the fact that dogs sing because they love to be part of a pack...they sing with me because I am the pack leader...not because the act of singing music attracts them. However, my Raven always sang with Perry Como when I played Without A Song and our Joey sings immediately on the downbeat with me on Love Will Be Our Home. But that was because I sang it at a Vow Renewal Ceremony last Sunday and he practiced with me daily for two weeks! :) Agreed...animals communicate with their musical sounds...not the same concept as we humans.

Sounds like a fun family tradition - but I have to echo Mivvy: hadn't heard of it before and I am from Europe too. Still, who knows what was a tradition in some European families a century ago?