Rev Fr Athanasios Haros
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So a couple of years ago we wanted to make our gift giving more \"meaningful\" so we began celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas. We both get a budget (this year each only $110) and are challenged to locate and purchase 12 gifts for each other. This has not been really fun, but one year we only had $4 per day to spend so we got really creative. I actually \"cheated\" by finding two days for free which increased my budget. :) Anyway, who else does something out of the ordinary for Christmas? Oh, by the way, one additional benefit......sales sales sales since we don\'t have to have all the presents before Christmas.
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Ju
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Our only really peculiar tradition has faded away with time (sadly). When I was younger, on Christmas Eve when we got home from all the running and visits to grandparents (and great-grandparents!), my parents would read us some Christmas-themed story each year: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever, and A Christmas Carol all made appearances over the years, along with others I can\'t immediately recall.
Also, just as a personal tradition, with the exception of only one holiday season, I have read each of the Chronicles of Narnia, one per day on the seven days before Christmas, every year since I was 9 years old.
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CB
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When I was younger, we used to read the Polar Express every Christmas eve.
Now we watch the movie on DVD. I\'m not sure how I feel about that...
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