Christmas Traditions
You may have heard a thing called Christmas traditions, many families have something that they do every year for Christmas or the holiday season. This is going to be a bit of a sad post tonight so snuggle into bed with a box of tissues and remember those traditions that you might have had growing up.
Now I’m not sure when this tradition of mine started but when I was a kid I got my grandpa a coffee mug. It was nothing special and I probably got it at Dollar Tree but it was a nice mug. My grandpa liked it, as he would like anything his grandchildren got him and he told me that he could always use a new mug because they’d break. So the next year I got him another mug and he liked that one too. It became our tradition for at least five years that I would get him mugs. I’m not positive if I kept our tradition going until he passed away but I think I did. I remember I think it was the last mug I got him, it was painted with a Santa Clause sitting in a chair. I also remember visiting him awhile after Christmas and he started digging around his table next to his recliner looking for something, he pulls out the mug and said that he kept it over there so it wouldn’t get broken.
Last year was the first year in I don’t know how long that I didn’t get him a mug. I remember walking around all the mugs in stores and thinking, "oh, I haven’t gotten grandpa’s mug yet." And then remembering that I couldn’t get him one. I think that was the hardest part of the holidays for me. Even today I stood in front of the Christmas mugs at Dollar Tree and thought of him. Both this year and last year I thought maybe I’ll get a mug and just keep it in honor of him, but it was too soon last year I couldn’t bring myself to do it. But maybe this year.
For you it may not be a mug but there’s something that you always did and now you don’t. Whatever that is, hold the memories close to your heart this Christmas. I believe that even when people pass they still live in your heart.
Christmas traditions may fade away but the memories never do. Merry Christmas!
Now I’m not sure when this tradition of mine started but when I was a kid I got my grandpa a coffee mug. It was nothing special and I probably got it at Dollar Tree but it was a nice mug. My grandpa liked it, as he would like anything his grandchildren got him and he told me that he could always use a new mug because they’d break. So the next year I got him another mug and he liked that one too. It became our tradition for at least five years that I would get him mugs. I’m not positive if I kept our tradition going until he passed away but I think I did. I remember I think it was the last mug I got him, it was painted with a Santa Clause sitting in a chair. I also remember visiting him awhile after Christmas and he started digging around his table next to his recliner looking for something, he pulls out the mug and said that he kept it over there so it wouldn’t get broken.
Last year was the first year in I don’t know how long that I didn’t get him a mug. I remember walking around all the mugs in stores and thinking, "oh, I haven’t gotten grandpa’s mug yet." And then remembering that I couldn’t get him one. I think that was the hardest part of the holidays for me. Even today I stood in front of the Christmas mugs at Dollar Tree and thought of him. Both this year and last year I thought maybe I’ll get a mug and just keep it in honor of him, but it was too soon last year I couldn’t bring myself to do it. But maybe this year.
For you it may not be a mug but there’s something that you always did and now you don’t. Whatever that is, hold the memories close to your heart this Christmas. I believe that even when people pass they still live in your heart.
Christmas traditions may fade away but the memories never do. Merry Christmas!
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