There are things that I really look forward as Christmas time approaches which are the little traditions that my family started.
1. Fugiel Christmas - This is when we get everyone on my dad's side of the family together to celebrate Christmas. Normally, it's a week or two before the 25th and we switch houses from year to year. Since this is the Polish side of the family, we always have traditional Polish food. So delicious!
2. Pajama's on Christmas Eve - Each year, my mom buys new pajamas's for my siblings and me and we get them the night before Christmas. That way when we wake up on Christmas Day, we can open presents with them on. My Nana started this tradition when my mom was a little girl and my mom has continued this tradition for us.
3. What's in the stocking? - We always get the same things every year; Money, lottery tickets, candies, a new ornament, and a blue ray DVD. It's always fun to see what new ornament and DVD we received and we're never disappointed.
4. Sausage souffle and Hot Chocolate - Every Christmas morning we wake up to the smell of Sausage Souffle cooking in the oven. The best Christmas breakfast around! Years ago my dad wanted a hot chocolate machine, much to my mother's dismay. She didn't think such an item was necessary, but this machine makes the absolute best hot chocolate out there. We have to buy the chocolate from Williams and Sonoma. It is shaved chocolate and milk blended and heated in dad's awesome toy! No powdered hot cocoa in our house!
5. Three gifts, always - My mom told me once that they do this because it symbolizes the Trinity. It is to help us always remember the reason for the season, the birth of our Savior.
