We just got our Christmas tree today so I am in the holiday spirit!  I have Pandora playing holiday tunes and I am singing songs to my little one.  Tonight Rudolph is on TV and I am planning to watch Christmas Vacation this weekend.  For our couples who were married this year, this holiday is your first as a married couple.  Many times the holidays can bring on stress – blending of two families. But, take some time to come up with traditions for your new family – the family as husband and wife.

Maybe start a tradition of going shopping for a tree on a certain date with hot cocoa in your hands.  I LOVED Christmas Tree Lane in Fresno!! This may be a fun thing to do with family and walk the lane on the nights it is closed to cars. Or in Bakersfield, take a drive around all the houses that are decorated.  I remember driving around West Chester when I was a child.  Other traditions could be about cooking a certain meal. My husband and I took my tradition of a chile egg cheese puff and his breakfast tradition of tamales and blended the two together to get a chile egg tamale puff!

Another great idea is to pick up holiday ornaments for your tree. When decorating the tree tonight I remembered each ornament and the meaning it had.  We had one from Colorado from our honeymoon, one with the Chipmucks on it from a trip we took to Disneyland, and my most favorite was our ornaments we got the year we started dating from Olivera Street in LA.

Wishing all of you a happy holiday season!!

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