Celebrate with the #SheSpeaksTraditions Giveaway. Win an Etsy Gift Card & Thankful Tree!
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Nov 07, 2018
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:
A Thanksgiving Tree
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!
Years of Memories
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
Cooking Experiments
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
A Christmas Pizza
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
New Year's Signature Cocktail for Two
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
What's your favorite holiday tradition? Tell us for the chance to win a $50 Etsy gift card and a Thanksgiving Thankful Tree!
*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.
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by Electrikis77 | Brick, NJ
We love have a fireplace smores and hot coccoa party in our jammies watching all things Christmas and going sledding when it snows
by BetsyBarnes | BOONE, NC
My favorite holiday tradition is doing all the festive decorating.
by hottma1970 | CHEEKTOWAGA, NY
writing down out Thankful List during the week & reading them aloud before the big feast
by lolalexx_ | Lexington, KY
My family always drives down to spend the week with us. We all bake together then the women go out for black friday. My mom and I usually decorate their tree. It's so fun!
by shinebright | SAN ANTONIO, TX
Every Christmas all my family and my siblings families all gather around with a couple of guitars and sing Christmas songs. So amazing to hear all our voices even if some of us are a little off-key :)
by aussiethumper | LAS CRUCES, NM
Putting on my Disney Holiday hat.
by JPAL7573 | NASHVILLE, TN
making stuffed peppers together as a family
by Ruthie9190 | Needville, TX
I make sugar cookies for Christmas. My mom always makes tamales and posole. I eat until I feel like I'm about to burst!
by wifeyrj | Laurens, SC
Spending time with my family since they all live away from us. Any time with them is a blessing for which I am thankful. I'm also thankful for a roof over my head, clothes upon my back and food in my belly.
by acarrill93 | HAMMOND, IN
My favorite holiday tradition is the gift exchange we do every Christmas eve with our family and friends.
by berdie70 | Slater, MO
Since we can't be together on Thanksgiving. It follows along the lines of the game you used to play at school, pass it on. We pick someone new each year, they come up with a great or hopefully great dish for Thanksgiving dinner. Then that person call the next family member of their choice and tells them the recipe and so on and so on. Then we all make the dish and eat it as it was told to us by the previous family member. We never get to write it down and we get the recipe on the same day as everyone else, so it's a wonder we all ever get to eat the dish. At the end of dinner we call the original family member and tell them what we made and how it was. Who ever gets it right the most gets a gift card and whomever gets it wrong the worst gets to plan Christmas dinner alone. Some dishes have never been eaten, but the laughter and fun is all its about.
by ldskatelyn | Provo, UT
So many traditions!! I love the symbolism and meaning of the orange we put in our stockings each year. I also love going Christmas caroling at the nursing homes.
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by KouponKat | NAPERVILLE, IL
Hosting Christmas Eve dinner is my favorite holiday tradition.
by allysmama | Durham, NC
My favorite tradition is building gingerbread houses with my family!
by Aquariun | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
My favorite holiday tradition is baking chocolate chip cookies with my kids.
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