Do you watch football every Thanksgiving? Does an elf sit on your shelf before Christmas? Or do you spin a dreidel on Chanukah? We all have our traditions to personalize the holidays and make them feel special.
But some traditions are more common than others. So we want to know... what holiday traditions do you follow each year? Tell us to win a $50 Etsy gift card and a Thanksgiving Thankful Tree Kit!
To get you started, here are some of the non-traditional traditions SheSpeaks staff members celebrate during the holidays:
We do a Thanksgiving Tree every year. Everyone gets leaves and they write what they are thankful for and then we hang them from branches that we collect together. It's very sweet. - Aliza Enter below to win your own Thanksgiving Thankful Tree Kit, plus a $50 Etsy gift card!
Each kid gets a new ornament for our Christmas tree every year. We buy it from a store that has tons of ornaments - they even write their name and year on it. My kids are now 21 and 16 so we have tons of them, everything from soccer, gymnastics and baseball to graduations and driving. - Missy
Instead of gifts every night for Chanukah, we spend some nights doing activities with the kids, usually involving food and a giant mess. We've tried making sushi (a sticky-rice mess), fondue (a chocolate mess) and pasta (the biggest mess of all - flour was everywhere!) - Susan
We make homemade pizza on Christmas Eve, for every year of my life I can remember except one! We even make the crust from scratch and everyone picks their own toppings. Even my teenage son calls it "the best tradition ever." - Carol
My New Year's Eve tradition is to make a fancy dinner at home and skip the crowds. In addition to getting some decadent food, we try a new signature cocktail, candles & mood music so we can feel like we've transformed our house into a swanky restaurant. - Emily
*One lucky commenter, Tweeter or Instagrammer will be chosen at random to receive a $50 Etsy gift card and a Thanksgiving Thankful Tree (if the tree is sold out, the prize will instead be a $75 Etsy gift card.) Giveaway is open through November 25th, 2018 to U.S. residents at least 18 years of age. Entrants must be a member of SheSpeaks. If you are not a member, click here to join. Winner will be notified by email.
Update: Thanks to all who entered! Congrats to our winner, SheSpeaks member peter26.
24 hours of A Christmas Story and baking cookies!
I over bake and freeze -
I bake multiple desserts for my family I always bake each person their favorite dish plus I try to make it as cozy as possible!!
we have paper turkey hats made years ago, we wear during thanksgiving dinner! makes great photo ops!
My tradition is opening presents on Christmas Eve!
I love cooking a big a Christmas Eve dinner
My favorite holiday tradition is spending it with all of my family.
Holiday baking with my daughters and my mom.
I love listening and singing to holiday music as we bake cookies.
I watch the Macy's parade :)
Peanut butter cookies with chocolate kisses
We watch football. Also, a Christmas movie, if a good one is on.
My parents have been gone for many years now, but my sister, brother and I have carried on their Christmas Eve traditions.... On Christmas Eve, we get together with my sister's kids, grandkids and new great-granddaughter and have a huge spaghetti & meatball dinner, with Italian sausage, garlic bread, salad, etc. and of course, three or four different desserts to choose from. After dinner, we let the kids open gifts from us (Santa's gifts have to wait until morning) and then we play some music and enjoy one another's company!
Baking with my family :)
My favorite holiday tradition is baking and assembling gingerbread houses with my children.