One of the Jones family traditions is that every year, since I can remember, when we open gifts we play the Oakridge Boys Christmas tape. Yes, you read that right, I said tape. That is how old it is. At my mom and dad's Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without that music playing. We ALL know every word to every song. For me it let's me know it is "officially" Christmas when I hear that quartet start singing.
On Christmas Eve we give the kids one gift. It is a pair of special Christmas pajamas. The rule is that if they want to, they are allowed to wear those pajamas all day long on Christmas. I started this with Noah on his first Christmas. I have every single pair he has gotten. I figure one day I am going to make a quilt out if them. I always have so much fun shopping for the special pj's gift!!
When Dan was a kid all the gifts under the tree were wrapped and from Santa. He said that after they would tear into the Santa gifts they would go to eat breakfast and there was always one gift on their plate. That gift was from his parents and it was always a special gift. He used to love getting that gift.
This year I think we may have started a new tradition. We let Josie help Dan put up the Christmas tree this year. She helped him fix all the branches and then helped place ornaments on the tree. I think she has told anyone and everyone she sees that, "me help daddy with tree".
She always talks about it. She loves that fact that she helped with the tree. They put the tree up over a month ago and she is still talking about it. It's just adorable. I hope it is something she will never forget, daddy and Josie making lifetime memories.
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