Countdown to a Blessed Christmas – 21 Days Until Christmas
I was reminiscing about Christmases of days gone by today, thinking about how we’ve included some of my family traditions with my husband’s familiy traditions – and created our own little family Christmas that all of us enjoy.
I was also thinking of the things that we excluded from our childhood memories. For me, it’s chili (made with beans – a huge no-no in Texas) and oyster stew for Christmas Eve. These were the two dishes that my mom’s side of the family embraced – and some of them still do! Not I – my husband won’t even glance at chili with beans and I refuse to open any type of oyster, be it in a shell or a jar! My poor Grandpa, God rest his soul, would not be liking this one bit.

“Dreaming of a Great Big Bone for Christmas”
But, there are good things that we both love about our family traditions – like a non-traditional (for us, anyways) Christmas meal with my husband’s family a few days after Christmas … the stockings hung by the chimney with care … the Christmas Eve candlelight service at church where we are blessed to sing the carols and hymns of old. I don’t think I could do without any of these things, and they’re just a few of the traditions that I hope our children embrace as they grow up and move on to their own familys.
I sure hope you are holding tight to your traditions, too – and creating new ones to last a lifetime!
Thoughts for This Christmas Countdown Day: Traditions – old and new. I like to think of it as Love Choices for our family.


OH! I thought that was a picture of Teeny Dog! awwwww….. well, she’s a HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY little girl right now … she GOT her giant puppy milk bone in Heaven. Gosh, it’s all ready been a year and she’s still missed… bless her sweet old heart. She wouldn’t have been able to tolerant the “Harrison Ranch” as it kicks into gear, though. 🙂 mel…
Y’know, I have lived in Texas for 9 years and I STILL do not understand this aversion to chili with beans! That’s the original recipe from Mexico, for goodness’ sake!
Found you from SharonB’s bloglist – lovely blog!