Traditions

What are some of your favorite Christmas traditions?  One I started in my family is that my kids and I make an ornament every year.  I can't say that our time is always organized or that the ornaments are all that beautiful, but it is nice to reminisce each time we take the ornaments out.  We think about how much the kids have grown and how much better they have gotten at being creative and better at art in general.  One of my favorite childhood Christmas traditions was trying to put the verses of Twas the Night Before Christmas in order.  My grandma would type up the verses and then cut them out line by line and pass each line out to a different person.  Then as a family we would try to read the lines in order.  My uncle Lon started a tradition of bringing a new board game to our family Christmas each year.  I learned a lot about competition and using strategy during those games.  I also learned about my family:).  Traditions are so fun.  Tell me about some of yours.