Christmas Traditions I Cannot Wait to Start with my Baby
December 10, 2025
I am a Christmas girl, through and through, and I simply cannot wait to start working these traditions into Ro’s childhood. This year is just a little too early to implement a lot of these traditions, but there are some that I am going to try to work in before this Christmas. Some of these ideas I have stolen from my own childhood, but some I have just seen others do, or have seen on social media or in a YouTube video. But, without further ado, here is my list of Christmas traditions:
Christmas Pjs on Christmas Eve - this is a must. this is something that I did have in my childhood and absolutely loved, as well as I think it is really having a moment on social media as well, but this is something that I will for sure be adopting
Drive around on Christmas Eve in our new pjs and look at lights - this is something I grew up doing every year at my dad’s house when we would celebrate, and it was such a sweet memory. we would have either cocoa or egg nog and all bundle up in our coats and pile in the car to go look at the fancy displays near by. I would love to add to this tradition by taking fresh baked cookies with us as well
Christmas morning at home - this is going to depend on a lot of things such as where we are living and if there is a year that we are spending Christmas somewhere specific, but if we are in Iowa and close to family and everything is as it is right now, I would love for Christmas morning to be just be the three of us at home, sipping cocoa or coffee while opening gifts from each other and enjoying each others company in our little Christmas jammies. in the evening we can go and spend time with family or go to a Christmas service, but the morning is just going to be for us
Santa gifts are all handmade - this is something that I just decided recently I thought was adorable. I want it to feel like the elves actually made the things that Santa delivers, and support handmade makers on top of it. I also don’t love the idea that the gift from Santa is the really big one, or the really crazy one, it may be a little selfish of me to say this, but I want Eli and I to get the credit of knowing Ro well, and knowing what the gift that she has been dreaming about, not Santa
Gifts from us are following the want/need/wear/read model - the older I get the more I realize that I really love giving gifts, and I think that I could absolutely go hog wild for gifts for her if I really wanted to, but if I give myself some limitations, and some guidelines, I not only have permitters, but also a launching board for what we will get her
New ornaments every year that mark something that we did or somewhere we went that year - I did grow up getting a new ornament every year, but I would love for the ornament to be from a place that we went or a fun or funny moment from the year, rather than just something I think is lovely. though I did love that, I have so many ornaments that I am not sure what year they are from or really why I got that specific ornament, and that would be a really fun way to talk about all the years we have spent together as we put up the tree each year
On a random day in December, we get all cozy and have a watch a bunch of Christmas movies with cookies and popcorn and pizza - I am not sure if this is much of a tradition, or if it is just something I am looking forward to, but I think it would be a really fun thing to make sure we do every year
Hand written thank you notes - this is something that I was forced to do as a child and really was not a fan of it at all, but I do feel like it taught me a lot. it made me understand being grateful for the things that I have been given, it made me want to tell people more that I appreciate them ( I don’t think I have mastered this one very well quite yet ), it shows others that you appreciate them and see the work that went into their choice of gift for you….just overall I feel like it has been helpful for me in life in general
I simply cannot wait to bring the magic of Christmas to Ro’s childhood, and to see the magic unfold through her eyes. It is my favorite time of year and I cannot express how sweet it is to be able to be snuggling a newborn this year. I will cherish this Christmas forever. There is a trend going around social media about “When I Am 80 This Is Where I Will Come Back To” and I have a feeling this Christmas is one of the places I will visit in my dreams. Exhausted, overwhelmed, and so so in love. Happy Christmas Season!
