Importance Of Making Holiday Traditions For Young Families

The holiday season is especially prevalent and vital as a mom to young kids because when you have kids, you become even more aware of every holiday and want to immerse your kids in every holiday spirit. As my girls are getting older and starting to understand the ideas behind the holidays; I realize that I need to create strong family traditions around the holiday season. I think this is so important, especially for new and young families.

• It helps you have your way of celebrating the holidays by creating a consistent tradition or ritual. You have your own thing for your family, almost like a legacy you leave for your kids to share with them down the road. 
• By creating holiday traditions, you are teaching your children about the holidays in your way. Therefore, they get into the holiday spirit and understand what the holidays are about from an intimate family view. 
• It makes the holidays fun and something to look forward to outside of the glitz and presents, which is what we all seem to associate with Christmas. 

Growing up, my parents always made sure we attended church on Christmas Eve, and then afterward, we would come back and open presents. Christmas day was spent around family laughing, eating, and just receiving and sharing that love of the season.

I carry these traditions with my children; I also want to share the joy outside of the world with them. So when we got invited to Daystar Christmas, I was excited to take the girls. The entire experience was beautiful and embodied the holiday spirit. Enjoying the beautifully lit lights all over Christmas town, to riding the sleigh with Santa’s elf to check out the life-size nativity scene. Closing out the night by getting a photo with Santa, the entire experience is something I know will be an ongoing family tradition with the girls.