First Christmas for my DD who will be 7 months and of course, she won't understand anything about it but I am so excited.
I was raised by my grandparents, every Christmas Eve, all of us cousins (about 14 of us) would get into our Christmas pjs and into bed with some on the floor on blow up beds etc and we'd watch a christmas film and drink hot chocolate and my Grandad would put his big work boots on and walk around the house sprinkling talc around the boots all the way from the fire in the little room at the back of the house through to the front. We would wake up so excited.
I cherish these lovely memories but my love for Christmas died when my Gramps died when I was 21, it was never the same.
Now I'm 30 with DD and DH and can't wait to start our own traditions.
I've ordered a Christmas Eve box for DD with her name on it and plan to put a toy, a book and some Christmas pjs in there every year. I've also ordered a bauble with her hand print on and a lovely tartan dress from M&S for her first Christmas Day.
What traditions do your family follow at Christmas to make it special?