unofficially tradition
Train of thought: Christmas - Baby Eleanor & Stacy - Christmas - Little Brothers - Christmas - Big Brother - Christmas - Rachel - Christmas - Christy - Christmas - Food - Maggy - Lizzie - Christmas - Mom - Stella - Christmas - Dad - dry skin - Christmas - Ikea (I know, ick) - Christmas - Katherine - Lance - Christmas - snow
Of course these thoughts are not in order of importance (that's like asking me which brother I love the most - impossible because I love them all sooooo much in that immeasurable kind of way). But as you can tell Christmas is cramming on my brain waves.
Officially, the holiday festivities have not begun in the Telschow house. It is impossible to begin without our two pillar members - college brothers Samuel and Josiah. They will be arriving home on Sunday. That is when it can all begin. Then we will watch our favorite Christmas movies, finally decide on how to decorate, sneakily stash gifts in bedrooms least likely to be entered, bake until we run out of flour, and just enjoy the pleasure (and sometimes discomfort) of each others' company.
The household could use a little Christmas cheer. It has been a tough year, as I sure many people can relate to. We went through the intensity of Dad's tumor, the harsh economy, still trying to figure "grown up" things out, and the day to day. As a family nothing helps us to regenerate and regroup like regrouping. Gathering together is such an important activity and as the years gain it becomes more and more difficult to do. A mutually agreed upon theory is that God gave us each other for a reason - we are better together. Having the team together is a great antisipation.
I've been stitching up little gifts. Mom's is made, the brothers are next, Dad's will be last. Right now I am currently working on Josiah's...birthday gift from last year. Yep, no time like the present. It's only been 8 months.
Some ideas of the old world celebration come to mind this year, tradition and the meaning of traditions. My family is still trying to iron out its own traditions. As a child Christmas never really had center ring for us - its general idea of consumerism - and Easter being of more religious importance. Thanksgiving was a large celebration and appreciation for extended family and New Years' Eve being Sam's birthday was also highly celebrated.
As we have grown, in the last decade or so and especially as we have left home, Mom and Dad have begun to establish a few traditions for the family. Dad bakes. We have big dinner on Christmas Eve using their wedding dishes (a rarity). Christmas morning we open gifts with great humor and laugh until we cry. In the afternoon we go to see a movie (we love movies). For dinner we break out the left-overs. Our traditions are pretty bare-bones right now. Of course our family tree is bound to branch out one of these days and that will dictate change and development of tradition.
I think for now I am just looking forward to imbibing on the ones we do hold so dear: being together as a family - I think that is quite suiting. It's what Mary, Joseph and Jesus would have done on their first night as a family.
Of course these thoughts are not in order of importance (that's like asking me which brother I love the most - impossible because I love them all sooooo much in that immeasurable kind of way). But as you can tell Christmas is cramming on my brain waves.
Officially, the holiday festivities have not begun in the Telschow house. It is impossible to begin without our two pillar members - college brothers Samuel and Josiah. They will be arriving home on Sunday. That is when it can all begin. Then we will watch our favorite Christmas movies, finally decide on how to decorate, sneakily stash gifts in bedrooms least likely to be entered, bake until we run out of flour, and just enjoy the pleasure (and sometimes discomfort) of each others' company.
The household could use a little Christmas cheer. It has been a tough year, as I sure many people can relate to. We went through the intensity of Dad's tumor, the harsh economy, still trying to figure "grown up" things out, and the day to day. As a family nothing helps us to regenerate and regroup like regrouping. Gathering together is such an important activity and as the years gain it becomes more and more difficult to do. A mutually agreed upon theory is that God gave us each other for a reason - we are better together. Having the team together is a great antisipation.
I've been stitching up little gifts. Mom's is made, the brothers are next, Dad's will be last. Right now I am currently working on Josiah's...birthday gift from last year. Yep, no time like the present. It's only been 8 months.
Some ideas of the old world celebration come to mind this year, tradition and the meaning of traditions. My family is still trying to iron out its own traditions. As a child Christmas never really had center ring for us - its general idea of consumerism - and Easter being of more religious importance. Thanksgiving was a large celebration and appreciation for extended family and New Years' Eve being Sam's birthday was also highly celebrated.
As we have grown, in the last decade or so and especially as we have left home, Mom and Dad have begun to establish a few traditions for the family. Dad bakes. We have big dinner on Christmas Eve using their wedding dishes (a rarity). Christmas morning we open gifts with great humor and laugh until we cry. In the afternoon we go to see a movie (we love movies). For dinner we break out the left-overs. Our traditions are pretty bare-bones right now. Of course our family tree is bound to branch out one of these days and that will dictate change and development of tradition.
I think for now I am just looking forward to imbibing on the ones we do hold so dear: being together as a family - I think that is quite suiting. It's what Mary, Joseph and Jesus would have done on their first night as a family.
I love your family Sharon!
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