When I was growing up, my family didn’t have traditions. We didn’t celebrate anything. Up until a certain age, I had birthday parties and I received presents for my birthday and Hannukah, and then one year, everything just stopped. I don’t remember if I ever asked why or if anyone ever talked about it, but it all just disappeared as if it had never actually existed. Maybe that’s when the breaking of my family began, but it probably started long before that. And then I had kids of my own and all things traditional and celebratory were a big deal … Continue reading You Get To Make Your Own Christmas Traditions