The document discusses how Christmas is better with kids. It reminisces about childhood Christmas traditions like decorating the tree, the gingerbread house competition, baking cookies for Santa, and attending church services. The author hopes to pass on these traditions and the true meaning of Christmas to their daughter to make the holidays even more special.

1. CHRISTMAS IS JUST BETTER

2. Why is it EVERYTHING changes when you have kids? But seriously for the
better. Life as a whole has more meaning. You look at your own parents
through a new lense. Everything just gets better, including Christmas.
Christmas is just better.

3. All of these traditions are
flooding my memory of
when I was a child. I
remember my dad turning
on the boom box so LOUD
we could hear Christmas
music all through the house
after we got home from
picking out our Christmas
tree.

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5. We would spend the rest of the day unpacking decorations and preparing the
house for Christmas while my mom, dad and myself wrangled my three
brothers.

6. Every year my grandmother would take me, one of her dear friends and all my girl
cousins to the Nutcracker. For those of you that have visited my house during
Christmas, this is why I have WAY too many all over my house. I buy one every year…
and will again this year

7. Every year our family would have a gingerbread house decorating
competition. You guessed it, I won ALMOST every year. A few years
back I had close to an anxiety attack because my creative juices were
not flowing and literally couldn’t get anything on my board. My
entire family STILL reminds me every year about how I choked. ONE
YEAR guys, sometimes geniuses have bad days.. haha.

8. Christmas Eve we would bake cookies and my dad would make powdered sugar icing in every
color imaginable for Santa. It all makes sense to me now. My dad is a sugar cookie addict, he
basically had his kids make his Christmas Eve midnight snack for him. Kuddos Dad.

9. I remember wrapping gifts with my mom, Christmas Eve candle light services, riding in the car
singing Dean Martin Christmas music with my grandmother and the excitement of all the family
festivities. I don’t remember a lot of the gifts, but I remember the memories.

10. All these traditions mean the world to me and I can’t wait to lock each little memory
our family creates in my heart.

11. I pray she learns the gift of giving. I pray she understands the true meaning of this
season. I pray she always knows how she will make each Christmas just so much better.

12. I pray she learns the gift of
giving. I pray she understands
the true meaning of this
season. I pray she always
knows how she will make each
Christmas just so much better.

13. So we spent two solid days listening to Christmas tunes,
decorating and enjoying the joy of the season. This year has
been by far my most favorite to decorate so I wanted to share
it with each of you. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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