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Traditions

12/7/2011

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Now that NaNoWriMo is over, I find myself a little sad.  The boards are becoming more desolate, the frantic energy that kept me writing has disappeared, and the weather has turned cold.  Normally the weather would have already been cold.  It's been an odd fall.

I still have the novel to finish.  52,000 odd words wasn't the whole story.  But I'm exhausted.  Things have been nuts at my house.  We have a puppy, who is adorable, but takes plenty of supervision to assure he does not chew the house down.  The kids have various projects coming up for school.  The holidays are coming up.

We don't have a lot of traditions.  There have been some I've tried to start that didn't work out--more about that later.  We have our fake tree (not my first choice, I can tell you) and some decorations we put up around the house.  We have ornaments that hang from the light fixtures in our kitchen year round actually.  I like to bake a few different kinds of cookies and treats to share.  I give a plate to our mail lady, and to the kids' bus drivers. 

We also have a birthday on Christmas Day so we used to celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve but our son who has that birthday has requested that we merge the two.  There are a few movies we watch leading up to the big day.

A question for my readers...what are your favorite holiday traditions?  Do you put up a tree?  Light the menorah?  Watch special films or read certain stories?  Do you put up stockings or leave cookies and milk out for a certain man in a red suit?  Is there a particular ornament or song that means a lot to you?  Please share your stories.

Kate

4 Comments
Deborah
12/9/2011 05:06:45 am

Hey! Thanks for answering my nano post! I just wanna say I love your story, Bridging Gaps. I'm working on trying to get up some kind of blog or somthing for my writing stuff.

Happy typing!

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Kate
12/10/2011 04:27:22 am

Thank you Deborah! It will be out sometime next year. Good luck with your blog. Let me know if I can help at all.

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Elizabeth Twist link
12/18/2011 03:18:55 pm

Hi Kate! Dropping by via Stringing Words, and I have this to say: PUPPY????

Can we have pictures? Please?

As for Christmas, pre-Christmas I put up a tree and decorate it, try to avoid the mall, and otherwise stay mellow up until the day. Christmas day, it's all about opening presents with my boyfriend, going out to my folks' place and making the world's best French toast with my dad, and stopping by my best friend's farm to say hello to her and her family.

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Kate
12/20/2011 10:24:02 am

Hi Elizabeth. Thanks for stopping by.

Yes, there will be a picture of two of the puppy, after the holidays. Too much going on right now to add to the list. I have a whole post planned around him and his antics. :o)

The fake tree goes up tonight.

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