Thankful for Traditions

 

          Today I am thankful for traditions. They keep you connected to your past. My family is small, just my kids and me for the most part, and we do not have a lot of fancy traditions LOL just some silly ones. From my family, the only tradition I can remember from my childhood is my nanny always made sausage balls for holidays (Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) so now I do that for the holidays. A tradition in my family now is because my kids are just about grown, so we do not do lots of presents under the tree, instead for the past few years, I have bought advent calendars that we open daily instead. We have an escape room type that has a clue for us to solve daily, which is so much fun, and then whatever other type of calendars I can find LOL  usually a mix of treats and trinkets to open. So every afternoon, all through December, my son, daughter, and I get together to open the calendars and solve the puzzle LOL. It is a lot of fun and brings my family closer together, which is a tradition I am thankful for.