I love having traditions to look forward to during the holidays especially. I remember in grade school writing about our holiday traditions. I vividly remember writing that one of the traditions of our Christmas was literally the spot that I would sit as a kid on the fireplace and open presents Christmas morning. My parent’s fireplace still reminds me of Christmas morning, and I think there’s something special about having that simple little memory to hold on to for forever.

As Nathan and I have started our own family, though, we want to have traditions that our family grows into and looks forward to each holiday season. A few we have already started, but I’m always looking for great, new family traditions to add to our own holiday magic! Please share what your favorite family tradition is in the comments!

Thanksgiving morning, we get up and hang around the house in our jammies. Since we haven’t taken over an official hosting of any holiday, including Thanksgiving, I love to cook a big Thanksgiving breakfast for us that morning. It’s the one time a year that I make biscuits and gravy. My favorite recipe is from Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman. Here is the BISCUIT recipe, and here is the GRAVY recipe.

We have a late breakfast, filling up on a hearty breakfast of B&G, while watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. That’s usually enough to keep the adults in the family full until Thanksgiving dinner.

We usually have Thanksgiving dinner at one of our parents’ houses early in the evening or late afternoon.

Then my VERY favorite, is putting up the tree on Thanksgiving Eve or Black Friday. I usually just can not wait to kick off the Christmas holiday season one minute longer past Thanksgiving day!

What are your favorite holiday traditions?