It’s time for a new challenge…”Traditions”. Although Christmas is coming soon and many of us probably have traditions, both handed down from previous generations or those we have created ourselves, go for it. Also, traditions occur throughout the year and certainly don’t limit what you cover to Christmas, New Years, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Years, Winter Solstice, etc. We have a great variety of people and Canada Day, Australia Day, 4th of July, St. Patrick’s, National Patriot’s Day, and Easter. Who knows. Especially with you UHHers’ imagination, I’m sure you’ll have a lot to offer.
Here are a couple of own family traditions. We’re big on decorating for Christmas and these have become some traditional decorations for us. Our son gave us these reindeer for Christmas many years ago and Rick arranges a display now every year.
The church was Rick’s mothers and was once his Grandparent’s. Rick puts it out every year along with the candles that she also used to put out.
Rick’s mom gave us, Rick’s son, and her best friend this puppet for Christmas one year, probably almost 40 years ago. We have kept it out and ever since our granddaughter has been very small, she always wanted to go into the room with “Sam”. And, we have always brought him out for Christmas. He’s family and gets a gift.

Great start, and thank you for hosting, Lee.

One of the traditions I established when we built our home in 1987 was
decorating every tree, every bush, every pole in our yard. That added
up to just shy of 15,000 lights. I had one huge weeping cherry tree,
22 hemlocks and numerous bushes.

Well, after New Year's day in 2009, I fell out of our large weeping cherry
tree when taking down it's 5,000+ lights. Bruised, but no major injuries,
I said to heck with it, I'm leaving them up all year. Unfortunately, the
tree had a real growth spurt that year and the bark grew over the lights
so I had to cut them out.

I broke the news to our close friends that I wasn't going to decorate that year,
and lo and behold, they showed up, unannounced, with lights, and drug
me and Sally out of the house to get it done.

Great start, and thank you for hosting, Lee.

One of the traditions I established when we built our home in 1987 was
decorating every tree, every bush, every pole in our yard. That added
up to just shy of 15,000 lights. I had one huge weeping cherry tree,
22 hemlocks and numerous bushes.

Well, after New Year's day in 2009, I fell out of our large weeping cherry
tree when taking down it's 5,000+ lights. Bruised, but no major injuries,
I said to heck with it, I'm leaving them up all year. Unfortunately, the
tree had a real growth spurt that year and the bark grew over the lights
so I had to cut them out.

I broke the news to our close friends that I wasn't going to decorate that year,
and lo and behold, they showed up, unannounced, with lights, and drug
me and Sally out of the house to get it done.

Great start, and thank you for hosting, Lee.

One of the traditions I established when we built our home in 1987 was
decorating every tree, every bush, every pole in our yard. That added
up to just shy of 15,000 lights. I had one huge weeping cherry tree,
22 hemlocks and numerous bushes.

Well, after New Year's day in 2009, I fell out of our large weeping cherry
tree when taking down it's 5,000+ lights. Bruised, but no major injuries,
I said to heck with it, I'm leaving them up all year. Unfortunately, the
tree had a real growth spurt that year and the bark grew over the lights
so I had to cut them out.

I broke the news to our close friends that I wasn't going to decorate that year,
and lo and behold, they showed up, unannounced, with lights, and drug
me and Sally out of the house to get it done.

Great start, and thank you for hosting, Lee.

One of the traditions I established when we built our home in 1987 was
decorating every tree, every bush, every pole in our yard. That added
up to just shy of 15,000 lights. I had one huge weeping cherry tree,
22 hemlocks and numerous bushes.

Well, after New Year's day in 2009, I fell out of our large weeping cherry
tree when taking down it's 5,000+ lights. Bruised, but no major injuries,
I said to heck with it, I'm leaving them up all year. Unfortunately, the
tree had a real growth spurt that year and the bark grew over the lights
so I had to cut them out.

I broke the news to our close friends that I wasn't going to decorate that year,
and lo and behold, they showed up, unannounced, with lights, and drug
me and Sally out of the house to get it done.