FReeper Canteen~Christmas/Holiday Traditions~Dec.20th.2006

12/20/2006 | Mrs.Nooseman

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Good Morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

Come join us and share your Christmas/ Holiday traditions with us.

Christmas Traditions at my house.

Advent

At our house we start the Christmas celebrations with Advent.

We have a wreath made out of pine cones with four candles on it.Each Sunday we light one Candle and read the Story of Christs birth and listen to Christmas songs.

During the time of Advent,we also start baking our Christmas Cookies and making Christmas decorations.

Our kids receive an Advent Calender on the First of December to count down the days to Christmas.

St.Nick or Nickolaus

On December sixth we celebrate St.Nick,who brings small gifts ,that he puts into the children's boots,that have been left in front of their doors,if they were good.;)

To keep some of the traditions from Germany in the family, we also exchange gifts on December 24 th and we put some gifts under the tree for December 25 th,to include the traditions of an American Christmas.

We have integrated both traditions into our very own tradition and hope that our kids will carry on this tradition, when they have their own families.

It would be great if you all could share your Traditions with all of us,whether they are Christmas,Hanuka or other Holiday traditions.

I wish you all Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas.

[SandRat]

400?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Yes, he was!!
Gosh I miss him so much!
Ms.B

[SoldierDad]

I'm not on my own computer right now, so I don't have access to my "FReep list". I'll have to ping the others tomorrow regarding introducing psyberace.

[luvie]

I can ping the Canteeners!

[HiJinx]

He was a debonair soldier, wasn't he?

[Kathy in Alaska]

And a Merry Christmas to you too, Ronnie.

Never forget!

[HiJinx]

All is fairly well.
We're a little down with the boys gone and the house empty, but we're traveling for Christmas this year!

[luvie]

Ping to a new FReeper!!!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Oh, he really was!
No wonder Gramma fell for him!
Ms.B

[SoldierDad]

Please do. I would love for Jeremy to meet all of them.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, PsyberAce, where we honor our troops, our veterans, their families, and our allies every day. We are here 24(mostly)/7/365 to provide a place for our military to stop in, pull up a chair, and enjoy a joke, hear a song (requests taken), read some history, enjoy a cyber meal (no calories), hear about our families lives, join in the silliness, and just relax. And thank you for your service to America.

All who honor our troops, veterans, their families, and our allies are welcome to join in the every day honoring. We have serving troops, veterans, family members, allies, and those who just wish to help honor them here every day.

[SoldierDad]

Kathy,

You'll be happy to know that my nephew, Jeremy (psyberace)has established his login on FR.

[SoldierDad]

So, I'm slow.

[SevenofNine]

This is Soldier Dad number two SON

ALRIGHT COOL okay Number two son stay way from guy wearing Burka he is harmless only if he take his meds LOL!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Oh..
I found thier wedding cake topper in a small box at the botton of the trunk..
They were so in love..

[SandRat]

Howdee Jeremy!

[luvie]

You're pretty fancy yourself!

[SoldierDad]

Slight correction needed. Psyberace is my nephew, not my son.

[luvie]

It's his nephew....who is in Iraq.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Welcome to The Canteen!
You will love it here!
Ms.B