"The Taylor crew doesn't really take family photos. It's not that we're against them per se; it's that we, for lack of a more eloquent word, suck at them.
In addition to agonizing over a sartorial strategy, there's consternation (Bryan, due to the fact that I never tell him about the pics until the very last minute), crying jags (Audrey...ok, and me too), Swearing (me, sadly), and bickering (everyone). Suffice to say, it is a (very) bad scene."
Need more proof? See: 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010.
So this year, in an attempt to avoid the angst, I'm taking the easy route and using a photo from, wait for it, almost a year ago (the girlies goofing around at Les Puces de Saint-Ouen last December). Oh and I didn't show it to a single immediate family member until I hit the order button. I'm going rogue here people, and dang it feels good.
Now it's your turn to get in on the holiday card action.
The amazing and generous peeps at Minted have offered up $500 worth of holiday card goodness to one of my lovely readers. Just leave a comment on this post sharing your favorite holiday tradition by midnight on Monday, December 1st, and I'll announce the winner the next day.
Have fun, and happy Thanksgiving.
So this year, in an attempt to avoid the angst, I'm taking the easy route and using a photo from, wait for it, almost a year ago (the girlies goofing around at Les Puces de Saint-Ouen last December). Oh and I didn't show it to a single immediate family member until I hit the order button. I'm going rogue here people, and dang it feels good.
Now it's your turn to get in on the holiday card action.
The amazing and generous peeps at Minted have offered up $500 worth of holiday card goodness to one of my lovely readers. Just leave a comment on this post sharing your favorite holiday tradition by midnight on Monday, December 1st, and I'll announce the winner the next day.
Have fun, and happy Thanksgiving.
It's our first year together as a family with a new baby- we're looking forward to coming up with traditions- we don't have any!
ReplyDeleteWe love taking our kids to breakfast with Santa every year.
ReplyDeleteAdvent calendar, Christmas pajamas and we only buy the tree on Christmas Eve (just because we are lazy, but if I say it is a tradition, that makes it okay, right?)
ReplyDeletePaula
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Reading The Night Before Christmas to my children on Christmas Eve and now to the grands from the same book. chedeb5353@hotmail.com
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ReplyDeleteChristmas morning brunch at my parents is a favorite! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite things is spending Christmas morning eating my Mom's homemade cinnamon rolls while my Dad passes out the stockings.
ReplyDeletewe spend xmas eve with my side of the family and the kids open all of their gifts along with the cousins, aunts, uncle etc... Santa inevitably makes his rounds on the fire truck there that night as well which is always a highlight of the evening for them.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite holiday tradition is when my husband, my two brothers, and my 5 brother in laws do the mountains of dishes after Christmas dinner.
ReplyDeleteMmmmm baked grapefruit on Christmas morning.
ReplyDeleteCreme brule french toast on Christmas morning!
ReplyDeleteMy boys love the advent calendar. I try to make a unique one each year. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteMy family makes homemade sugar cookies together every year, then all sit around the table with colored frosting and decorate them! They are absolutely delicious, and we save them for just once a year- so wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIt's probably one of the few times of year the family gets together in one place and that's my favorite part :-). All the traditional food is a close second though, not going to lie!
ReplyDeleteChristmas morning breakfast. We always make waffles!
ReplyDeleteI love reading the Nativity story with my daughters!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition is decorating the tree to the music of the Nutcracker. We dance, have a little wine, and the tree comes together eventually but we have so much fun in the process.
ReplyDeleteMaking homemade wrapping paper.
ReplyDeleteWatching Christmas movies snuggled up on the couch with a fire in the fireplace.....
ReplyDeleteThis year we are starting the tradition of going to the Nutcracker with my daughter. I have waiting so long for this, I went every year as child, and can't wait to share it with her. So magical!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite holiday tradition is decorating the Christmas tree together as a family, while listening to Christmas music and then baking cookies together! Julie smartsavvymama@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteThe long-distance phone calls with far away family and friends. yes.thisisperfect@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI love the Holiday season! My husband and I got married right after Christmas and we love that time of year. My favorite traditions and memories were cooking with my mom. I also love decorating with family and sharing memories with nieces, nephews, and cousins! Thanks so much
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Holiday traditions are volunteering with friends and family. We usually volunteer at a food bank, fundraise for toys for tots and do what we can in our community. It is a special tradition we try to do all year round and during the Holiday season.
ReplyDeleteGetting hot chocolate and going to the Christmas tree lot! Then we name the tree and write the name and year on an ornament in paint pen. It's fun to look back on past years when decorating the new tree :)
ReplyDeleteWe love pajamas and stockings on Christmas morning
ReplyDeleteWatching the Family Stone with some wine and my love :)
ReplyDeleteWatching the original Grinch Who Stole Christmas movie with the kids, staying up too late Christmas Eve and wrapping gifts, Christmas morning breakfast!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Holiday tradition is going as a family to cut down our Christmas Tree! Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteWe celebrate xmas on Christmas eve and then do Santa gifts Christmas morning. In the afternoon and evening we celebrate my DD's birthday
ReplyDeleteChristmas Eve at the botanical gardens. A relatively new tradition but one that is absolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteGetting the kids buckled into the car with hot chocolate and driving to all the elaborate light displays in our area. We then pick up a deep dish pizza on the way home. Simple but it has become a favorite!
ReplyDeleteI love making holiday cookies with my mom and sister!
ReplyDeleteA moon light solstice ski with my family is one of my favorite holiday activities.
ReplyDeletechristmas potatoes! we drive around looking for the best decorated houses and gift christmas potatoes to the winners. (a christmas potato is a wrapped potato with a christmas poem attached). we've actually been written up in the austin american statesman!
ReplyDeleteIts our first Christmas as a new family - we got married in October! My favorite tradition is opening stockings with my immediate family on Christmas morning. Coffee with eggnog, a fire in the fireplace, everyone with bed head and still in their jammies, opening up our stockings - that my mom knitted many years ago - and family gifts.
ReplyDeletelast year we hung mistletoe and my 4-year-old son called it "mazel toe". I'm Jewish, my husband isn't, and I loved the melding of the two cultures with his mistake, so i didn't correct him. i loved having people find themselves under the "mazel toe" and smooching throughout the holiday season. it's a tradition from now on!
ReplyDeleteIt's tough to choose just one favorite holiday tradition. Growing up, my sisters and I always went into the woods with our dad to find the most perfect "Charlie Brown" Christmas tree. My husband, daughter and I now go together to cut down our Christmas tree.
ReplyDeleteSpending time with family, a cozy Christmas morning spent in pyjamas, Christmas music, decorating, baking, making wrapping paper...they're all so fantastic!
I like driving around and looking at lights
ReplyDeleteMaking Christmas cookies! All from scratch and decorating them with my girls. Fun and delicious.
ReplyDeletefavorite holiday tradition is decorating gingerbread houses with my littles. (christmas card prep is a bad scene over here too. sigh.)
ReplyDeleteIn lieu of gifts (since we are all grown with babies of our own), my sisters and I enjoy a glutinous meal together during the month of December! I still think of your individual cheese plate 40th - need to incorporate that into the action in some way. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteDecorating Christmas Cookies with my sibs!
ReplyDeletemy favorite holiday tradition is reminding my daughter that santa is magic and you must believe to keep the magic alive and the twinkle in your eyes.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite holiday tradition is decorating sugar cookies. My family gets very competitive and our cookies always turn out to be gorgeous! But I also love sending out holiday cards ... fingers crossed :)
ReplyDeleteOur favorite Christmas tradition is shopping for a tree at our little neighborhood nursery. We bring hot chocolate, look at dozens of trees, then go home and string the lights together.
ReplyDeleteI love spending every day of December looking forward to the holidays - putting up lights and getting cards in the mail, drinking cocoa and holiday treats, just everything about December really.
ReplyDeleteThe favorite holiday tradition is putting up our tree Thanksgiving weekend.
ReplyDelete-Crystal
My favorite is painting sugar cookies with my family!
ReplyDeleteWatching the Sound of Music & singing along to all the songs.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I exchange ornaments each year, picking out something to signify a big event from the year.
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My favorite holiday tradition is baking cookies with my daughters and their Mimi <3
ReplyDeleteLove making my moms traditional Norwegian fruit soup. Sounds weird but it's yummy.
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