Christmas Traditions

[longhuntr74]

Well this year I'm celebrating what seems to be a fairly new tradition...and that would be not being home for Christmas...3 out of the past 5 years I've missed it! And last year's was all askew because I had to report in for my deployment on Christmas day...and my base is over 2 hours away from where my family lives...so we were forced to celebrate Christmas on the 24th or not at all. Hopefully that is a tradition I can cast aside.

Regarding real traditions though....I always enjoyed going to...and then as I got older, singing in, the 11pm Christmas Cantata at my church where I grew up. It's been quite a few years and I think that they've moved the service to earlier in the eve....maybe next year though.

[Riverkilt]

Well, the boss lets us go home at noon on the 24th every year. A nice treat.

The local Episcopal church opens itself to non-Christians throughout the year - letting the Jews in town use their church for Jewish holidays...the past few years they've had a candle light labyrinth walk on the labyrinth in the church courtyard...open to non-Christians. Seems a good holiday spirit to also celebrate the beginning of Winter.