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Christmas is all about tradition.

Jeremy and I established a tradition last year. We decided not to get big ticket items each other and keep things low key. We bought two stockings from the $1.00 store and all we do is just fill them with random stuff for each other; some of it is practical or little things we've for AND some of it is just as a joke. For instance, last year Jeremy thought it would be funny to buy me Michael Buble's Christmas album. I HATE Michael Buble...obviously, this was a joke gift. On a side note, I re-gifted the CD to Jeremy's dad. It has a much better home with him and will be used for its intended purpose of being played in a CD player as opposed to me using it as a frisbee or mug coaster. Jeremy did get me some cool stuff though: bottle of red wine, Andy Williams Christmas album (yes, that I enjoyed!), a mug and a few other things.

We're doing that again this year so I would say that has become our Christmas tradition. We exchange the stockings on Christmas morning.

Now, other traditions? I suppose this has become a tradition: Christmas Eve we have dinner with my parents, usually Chinese. After dinner, we go over to visit with Jeremy's parents. After that, we go home and usually, with Jacki & Jean-Paul (Jeremy's sister & her husband), attempt to take advantage of Future Shop's Boxing Day sale (which begins online on Christmas Eve). Notice how I said "attempt"...it's usually tough to buy anything online at that time (one year, the site crashed on us).

We also have a tradition of NOT having a Christmas tree. I hope that changes when we have a house ;).

So, to our readers...do you have any Christmas traditions? Feel free to post them in our Comments section! We'd love to hear about them.