Family traditions.
Do you have any?
Besides our epic family game night,
the 12 grapes at midnight
and our firework extravaganza
(the neighbors-not us, ha!)
Auld Lang Syne singing
and of course a good toast!
We started one a new one this year
and I hope we continue it.
I enjoyed doing this with the kids a lot.
I picked up a poster board
while last minute shopping on
NYE
and
I had no idea what I was going to do with it,
but I knew I wanted to create something.
Something that we could look at all year
and be inspired. Something that would remind us
that this year we promised ourselves that we would
Be. Do. Hope. Have. Create. Explore. Adventure.
FLOURISH.
Both as individuals and as a family.
So with this white poster board in hand
and my harebrained scheme,
I was off…
And…
Create we did.
We started at 6:00 PM
and at the top of every hour
we wrote something for 5-10 minutes
until midnight.
This was our first year doing this.
I’m sure it will evolve, but it was a lot of fun
and all 4 kids enjoyed it.
I look forward to doing this for years to come and seeing how it changes,
what words/quotes/pictures they come up with as they grow.
What are some of your family traditions that you do for New Years?
Any resolutions? Have you stuck to them? Share with us!
Happy New Year
&
Until Next Taste,
Lori
I love hearing about other people’s traditions. It sounds like you and your family have lots of fun 🙂
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That’s a really great idea for new year! i am definitely going to do this next year!
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I think that’s great! I love that you shared your traditions with us in a cute little poem. I really love that idea.
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What a cute tradition to start off the New Year! This is a great way to set your family’s focus for the year.
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I like the sound of the 12 grapes. It always fascinates me to explore other peoples cultures and traditions during the new year and festive season.
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We don’t have too many traditions to be quite honest, but we do a couple things every year. The 12 grapes sounds quite intriguing, and makes me want to come up with a tradition now! xx Adaleta Avdic
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We have a lot of family traditions, and surprisingly, many of them have withstood the test of time. Not all of them are holiday related either, such as a pizza party the night before a new school year starts.
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I just love this idea! We go to bed early and don’t make much out of NYE. I know my kids would love this.
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This sounds great. We dont really have many traditions. We do Chinese order in on Christmas Eve, and we have family game nights once a week as well as movie nights! So I guess thats about it!
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I am fairly new to the whole family traditions thing, but I already treasure them. They feel so special! I loved seeing the collection of words you created.
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What a great tradition!! One of ours is always Christmas morning at my parents, playing Santa and passing out the presents, then opening them (one-by-one, starting with the oldest first) until they are all opened. It takes a little longer than just tearing into them, but that way we have time to admire what everyone got/ gave 🙂
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Wow, that’s an amazing family tradition! Sounds like so much fun and creativity. My little girl will absolutely love it!
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Love the idea of your new family tradition! In our family New Year tradition means we say little prayers before we shake hands and wish everybody new year.
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Sounds like you had a great New Year’s eve celebration! And I love that idea while waiting for 12 midnight, sounds so fun!
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What a cute little poem you shared! I love hearing other family tradition.
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My husband comes from a big family; they used to have all sorts of traditions, based on getting together, of course.
What he noticed as everyone got older (6 children total) and each started a family, less and less of the main family traditions go by the way side.
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I love your family tradition- I think I might have to borrow it and try it with my two kids! Such a fun way to ring in the New Year- thanks for sharing!
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this looks like a great tradition to start off! your kids will definitely enjoy doing this each year and so will mine! we have a few family traditions and i hope to keep them so that my own kids will carry them on!
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This sounds like so much fun! Family traditions are the best!
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The only family tradition we have right now is getting new pjs on Christmas Eve. Yours sound like a ton of fun!
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This sounds so much fun! You could even use it as a ‘vision board’ of sorts for the year ahead. We don’t really have any traditions as such, but we always see the new year in, and we always have christmas dinner at lunchtime!
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I guess you could say we are traditionalists here. The usual kiss and toast at midnight are our traditions. I like your poster board idea. That was pretty inventive.
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I also love how if you choose to save it each year, it won’t take up much space or you can simply take a picture of it easily! As a minimalist, I like traditions that don’t include having BOXES of momentos!
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Awwww just love it!!!!! It’s so fun and cute to see what other folks traditions are!!! Y’all have a lot of fun
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Those sound like some fun traditions. We are really just starting to solidify our’s and we seem to add to them every year.
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That sounds like an awesome tradition! We do have a family game night and we also like to have a movie night as well.
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When I was a kid my mom always made us eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day. We hated it. They tasted disgusting. As I’ve gotten older I don’t mind them so much, but I also don’t buy them every year either.
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I never really cared for my Mom’s BEP’s much when I was young either, but as I’ve grown up I love them. Thankfully, the kids seem to eat them pretty good. If they don’t like something, they have to take a no thank you bite and I usually take it out the of the rotation for a bit and reintroduce it again after a few months or so. If it was not well received by the masses then I don’t make it again. 😉 You have a very lovely name. 🙂
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That sounds like an amazing way to welcome the new year! I’m sure you all had a great time. It’s nice to start new traditions with the kids around. It’s going to fill their childhood with fun family memories.
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