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'Unofficial' Christmas Eve Traditions
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Yesterday I talked about some of my family's 'Official' Christmas Eve traditions. What people rarely talk about is what they did as kids after the official family celebrations were over; you know, the 'unofficial' traditions . . . more »
'Official' Christmas Eve Traditions
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My grandmother (on my mother's side) would prepare a gift bag for every member of the family (a tradition my mother tried to keep going until our family grew far too large). The bags would have some special thing in them (one year it was my first wind-and-shoot 35mm camera) and a number of things that today you might find at a party or dollar store . . . more »