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EDITORIAL The blooming flowers of spring, beautiful BBQs during the long summer evenings, a walk through a golden forest during autumn, and the silence of the snow covered... >> read more
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR • ADVENT CALENDAR
• SANTA'S WORKSHOPS
• CHRISTMAS CANDIES
• CHRISTMAS KIT HIGHLIGHT This edition TDS found a very unique Christmas Kit, quite unlike the standard red and gold that are normally associated with the occasion. Click to see Two Turtle Doves by Ziggle Designs. COMMUNITIES (entertainment) • CHRISTMAS PROJECTS |
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| Christmas Tradition | full of gifts has grown quite large along with our family. Realizing how important these traditions have become to my children, we started a few new traditions exclusively for our children. We all go caroling the week before Christmas as a family with a few friends tagging along. Each year we secretly adopt a family in need and leave gifts at their door on Christmas Eve. Decorating the back of our front door are the many Christmas cards we receive each year. Our whole family decorates the Christmas tree while listening to our favorite Christmas music. We bake dozens of cookies for our family Christmas cookie exchange that takes place on Christmas Eve. Take the challenge of creating new family traditions this year for your family and write to us telling us what you did and how your family liked it! |
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By Joy Kuoha Ever since I was about 3 years old, my fondest memories of Christmas have always been our family tradition of gathering together on Christmas Eve. Our family gets together and takes turns reading the story of Baby Jesus from the scriptures and a few of the children will act out the parts of the people. I remember having a doll wrapped in a blanket placed in a box when I played “Mary” at the age of 4. Years later, my oldest daughter played “Mary” and used her baby cousin as the Baby Jesus. These family traditions will no doubt be passed on to each generation, creating new memories for our children and grand children. After the re-enactment of the manger scene, my father would start reading the infamous “’Twas the Night Before Christmas”, but before he could get past the first 2 pages, we would hear jingle bells outside, and Santa would walk through the front door with a large sack full of presents. Santa would be greeted by all the children taking turns sitting on his lap and telling him what they most wanted for Christmas. He would then pull out a gift with their name on it from his sack. Each child would open their gift from Santa (er, um, their parents) and we then gave Santa his plate of cookies and waved goodbye to him. This tradition continues in my family today, although Santa’s sack
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