Rose in BC Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I will make one batch tonight and one tomorrow. It's a tradition carried over from my childhood. Of course my kids love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I pack away all the Christmas decorations...then make myself a cup of tea and read a book. This year I had the decorations and the tea...but I had work and school planning to finish up. ~~Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Rudolph's Shiny New Year :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 We used to play Monopoly. It was the only night of the year that I let my boys talk me into playing. These days we have too many other GREAT games that they want to play and I'm off the hook for Monopoly. :D The tradition of an appetizer-style dinner and a night of board games still stands, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beezus Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 We make bagels - I always liked the circle of the year kind of analogy of it. Also, we put away the rest of the holiday decorations and get the house cleaned up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 New Years Eve we bang pots and pans and run around like crazy people.:party: New Years Day we have green eggs, chocolate cake and ham for breakfast, watch the Rose Parade and take down the Christmas decorations while watching football until our eyes fall out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 We play Risk. This year my eldest has gone to a party, so we might play something a little easier instead. Also there will be jelly beans:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 We used to bang pots and pans outside and holler like crazy to welcome in the New Year, but haven't done it in a few years (dh is waayy to conservative for that kind of fun). We always did it when the kids were little. They LOVED it! Dh always, and I mean always, makes a pot full of sauerkraut and pork. As a matter of fact, it's cooking right now in the crock-pot. Both sides of our family had this tradition....my mom always said that eating sauerkraut and pork meant you would have a prosperous year. Personally, I think it's a good way to clean all the holiday junk food out of your system, if you know what I mean. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Oooh - thanks for the donut idea! Maybe I'll get ambitious and surprise everyone tomorrow morning. GardenMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 O.K. So I was downstairs watching DS11 break world records on Wii Fit Plus. But I heard a LOT of commotion from the kitchen. It was clear that MomsintheGarden was in a FOUL mood. This made me quite curious, since I am normally the only one that can set her off quite this much! I had to investigate! ;) So I walk upstairs and discovered that she was making donuts. Clearly the dough was not cooperating! :tongue_smilie: We've only made donuts one other time, and that was using a different recipe with yeast. This was a "quick" recipe with no yeast. In any case, I agreed to do the frying and in the end all was a success! Anyway, thanks, Rose, for this new tradition in the Guheert household! :glare: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 (edited) In any case, I agreed to do the frying and in the end all was a success! Anyway, thanks, Rose, for this new tradition in the Guheert household! :glare: :D You're welcome. You know you'll never be able to let go of this tradition now. My kids remind me for weeks leading up to the event. It's kind of cute that such a relatively simple and inexpensive tradition is so well loved by my kiddies. Enjoy! This is the recipe I used: http://www.divinerecipes.com/recipe.cfm/recipeid/3427 Edited January 1, 2010 by Rose in BC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 We make our Gingerbread house on New Years Day. The kids look forward to it for weeks and we are usually too busy before Christmas so New Years Day is perfect for us. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted January 1, 2010 Author Share Posted January 1, 2010 We make our Gingerbread house on New Years Day. The kids look forward to it for weeks and we are usually too busy before Christmas so New Years Day is perfect for us. :) That's a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsintheGarden Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 O.K. So I was downstairs watching DS11 break world records on Wii Fit Plus. But I heard a LOT of commotion from the kitchen. It was clear that MomsintheGarden was in a FOUL mood. This made me quite curious, since I am normally the only one that can set her off quite this much! I had to investigate! ;) So I walk upstairs and discovered that she was making donuts. Clearly the dough was not cooperating! :tongue_smilie: We've only made donuts one other time, and that was using a different recipe with yeast. This was a "quick" recipe with no yeast. In any case, I agreed to do the frying and in the end all was a success! Anyway, thanks, Rose, for this new tradition in the Guheert household! :glare: :D Thanks for helping, dear. I was about to throw the dough away, but you brought sanity back to the kitchen! I am not sure I want this as a new tradition. Perhaps it would be safer to go back to making Hoppin' John. GardenMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 At midnight, we crack open a coconut and share the flesh. Then I take the envelope of "hopes" for the year past out of the back of my Bible and hand them out. (Individuals may share or not as they wish.) Then we write new hopes for the coming year, and I keep them in a sealed envelope in the back of my Bible. We each then write a regret from the past year on a piece of paper. Regrets are not shared; each person folds their paper and places it into a bowl (each person has their own bowl). We then burn the papers and flip the bowls upside down. Then dh reads Psalm 130. By morning, the bowls have been washed and the ashes removed and replaced with candy to remind us of the complete removal of our sins and the sweet gift of redemption at the final jubilee. This year, we also added a long game of Settlers of Catan to our tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 We do a huge fireworks show at our New Years party, and we do a Yankee Swap regifting exchange. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 At midnight, we crack open a coconut and share the flesh. Then I take the envelope of "hopes" for the year past out of the back of my Bible and hand them out. (Individuals may share or not as they wish.) Then we write new hopes for the coming year, and I keep them in a sealed envelope in the back of my Bible. We each then write a regret from the past year on a piece of paper. Regrets are not shared; each person folds their paper and places it into a bowl (each person has their own bowl). We then burn the papers and flip the bowls upside down. Then dh reads Psalm 130. By morning, the bowls have been washed and the ashes removed and replaced with candy to remind us of the complete removal of our sins and the sweet gift of redemption at the final jubilee. This year, we also added a long game of Settlers of Catan to our tradition. Wow... I'd be scared that somehow one of us would start a fire.... that would be "Next Year's Regret" :tongue_smilie: Good Idea... though:-) Carrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 we watch Time Machine (the good old one with Rod Taylor). Dh and I started watching this every New Year's Day probably 25 years ago and now our kids watch it with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 My husband has taken to making a gingerbread house from a kit with our daughter the last couple of years. We also make one special thing: a blooming onion or soft pretzels or something like that. I am making soft pretzels today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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