Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree, for me. If those lyrics are playing on the radio it can mean only one thing the holiday season is upon us. That of course also means it is once again time for the Safari Heat Holiday Blog Hop.
When I think about the holiday season, I think about traditions. Almost all the holidays we celebrate in my family have at least one traditions attached to them. For example at Easter, the Easter Bunny leaves a candy trail from the girls' bedrooms to their Easter Baskets. Christmas is no different when it comes to traditions. The funny thing about traditions, however, is that over time they sometimes change. For example growing up in my family we always had a big fish dinner on Christmas Eve, and opened one present. Then on Christmas morning we opened the rest and then had big Christmas dinner.
In my husband's family, however, Christmas Eve was always a bigger deal with the grandparents sleeping over and opening all the presents except those from Santa.
Today, we have adapted his family traditions rather than mine. Do I mind? No, why? Because while traditions are great that doesn't mean you can not be flexible and change. That is what being a part of a family is all about. Perhaps that is why I love to write contemporary romances that are heavy in the family department. One of my series The Sherbrookes of Newport which consist of 5 novels focuses on one wealthy and powerful family. My second series Love On The North Shore is all about the people and families in North Salem, Massachusetts.
Now since this is a blog hop that means 1) you can enter to win lots of prizes including Kindle HD6 and 2) there are a lot of other blogs to visit. To do both follow the link:
Plus leave a comment here and tell me about your own holiday traditions and be entered to win a copy of The Sherbrookes of Newport: A Collection of Novels which included books 1 thru 3 of the series.
I no longer have traditions.
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DeleteSorry it took me so long to reward you ebook copy of my book set. With the holidays here, life has been none stop. Please send me your email address and I will get you copy off to you.
My family does a bingo white elephant every year. Some of the items have been regifted so many times that we have to think of ingenious ways to wrap them so that we don't go home with them.
ReplyDeleteLaurah27 you have won a signed copy of Black and Blue by Gena Showalter. I need an email address to contact you. You have 24 hours to contact me at careydoucet@yahoo.com. CONGRATS!
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ReplyDeleteWe always open gifts on Christmas Eve Night vs. the more common Christmas Day. It's been a tradition since I was litttle.
apologize for the multiple comments - forgot to post my email address pams00 @ aol .com
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