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Recording your Holiday Experiences
Even if you don't normally keep a diary, keep a journal of your holidays each year. Your children and grandchildren will find amazingly interesting!
Start off with the traditions that you keep up from year to year. What sort of a tree or decorations do you use? Where did you get the important ones from? Those ornaments might some day belong to your children, and they will be thrilled to know the history behind them.
Next, talk about the food you tend to serve. Is there a reason you have certain items on the menu? What are your personal favorites? Which ones remind you of your own parents?
When relatives start to visit, talk about each person and what they are like. Is Uncle Joe a jokester, telling funny tales to everyone? Is Aunt Sarah a great cook, impressing everyone with her delicious cookies? Describe what each person looks like, what they're admired for, what it's like to be there with them.
Pictures are wonderful, but so many times a family is left with hundreds of photos and no idea who is in them. Be sure to label any photos you take promptly. Even if you take photos, be sure to keep a running journal of the event. It's nice to know what Grandma Smith looked like, but even nicer to learn what she was like, what her favorite foods were, the funny stories she would tell of growing up on a farm.
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