Christmas is not Christmas without traditions. This was our 3rd Christmas as husband and wife and we have created quite a montage of festive events.
The Christmas Lights at Temple Square are spectacular. We head up on Trax because parking is difficult to find. First we eat some dinner at Crown Burger, the best french fries in town, then stroll around looking at the lights. We watch the nativity, look at the Christus, go into the Tabernacle- we love it.
Another great tradition is watching Christmas movies. We own over 10 Christmas movies and we watch all of them before Dec. 25. From Charlie Brown Christmas, Santa Clause is coming to town, Elf, Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer, A Christmas Story, Mr. Krueger's Christmas... we make time to watch them all. 
There is a local theater that puts on AMAZING productions, but our favorite is their version of A Christmas Carol and it wouldn't be Christmas without it. My good friend, the drama teacher at the high school I worked at for 10 years, plays Scrooge and is the best I've ever seen.
Since the Christmas before we were married we have built a ginger bread house. Here is a picture of us in 2005 with our good friend Melissa.
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I really loved seeing and reading about your family Christmas traditions. They are just wonderful and quite similar to ours, well all except for the having family around bit. There's just us two, but we try to drag in as many loose enders as we can to help us celebrate if if we can! Didn't work out this year as everyone was down with flu, but still, Christmas is love and we had plenty of that, and it looks like that is something you have plenty of as well! (((hugs)))
What a fun post. I love your traditions....and I love you.
I didn't see you rolling in the snow after a dip in the hot tub... what's up with that????
Can't wait to hear about your trip to Indiana.
HAPPY MONDAY ...HAPPY WEEK
Love, Mom
OK, the hot tub/rolling in snow tradition I can do without LOL! Makes me think my family is missing out on some great traditions we've started but never kept up with, like gingerbread houses and Temple Square lights. Thanks for your post, I will do better for my kids this year!
Great traditions! I love looking forward to Christmas and the traditions that come with it!
We're so blessed to be able to enjoy Christmas in such wonderful ways! Love that time of year. It goes by too fast.
Your traditions are soooooo fun! I need to adopt some of those and do them for myself. how fun! i ESPECIALLY love the running out of the jacuzzi and rolling in the snow! that is hilarious!!!!!
This is Amanda hi and i love you traditions well see ya love Amanda
OH this is me again lonica was so funny luv amanda
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Considering we live around the corner I feel like I haven't seen you in FOREVER! Welcome back. Loved hearing about your Christmas.
We always used to do that when we were little! Ah I miss having the guts to things like that haha!
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That is sooo funny! I had no idea that my kids did that. What a crack up. I love all of your traditions and we are so lucky that we get to be a part of some of them. We Love You! Thanks for such a fun birthday celebration for Justin. You always make everything so fun. We had such a great time!
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