Quirky Family Traditions.

[Georgiesmum]

Does your family have any quirky family traditions at Christmas?

[gness]

We did, GMum.....When little one was in bed on Christmas Eve as one of us was telling a bedtime story the other would go outside and jingle bells to say Santa was on his way......when she twigged that we were never together when the bells jingled we had to bribe a neighbour with a glass or two to jingle the bells as we both sat on her bed.... :-)

[Georgiesmum]

Oh thats brilliant gness, thats made my day!

[gness]

We had quite a few, GMum.....one was that MrG and littleG would curl up on the sofa as I read 'Twas The Night Before Christmas sitting in a chair in the corner with a tall bendy lamp low over my shoulder as the only dim light in the room......I'm a tad theatrical.....

One year I thought I was reading really well by the wide eyed looks on their faces......until they leapt up and I realised that the lamp was too close to the back of the chair and it was burning and smoking over my shoulder.....
I had to sit on a stool from then on.... :-(

[Georgiesmum]

Oh my goodness. Good job they noticed it in time.

[Zacs-Master]

My mum used to go downstairs, open the lounge door and shout ‘he’s been!’

She carried this on until I was 26.

[horselady]

Lol! We used to do the jingle bell thing too gness. Was magical for quite a few years until little madam whispered over her younger brothers head one year "don't forget the bells mummy"

[gness]

I think they humour us for quite a while, Horselady.... :-)

I have a friend who loved if there was snow on Christmas Eve so she could make her husband put on wellies to make footprints in the snow and use the clothes prop to make the marks of Santa's sleigh.....he drew the line at going up on the roof to do it....x