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Tell us about your holiday traditions. 
Submitted by Talk is Cheap.

Our Holiday Traditions!  Well, when my six kids were young, everything was about a tree, and Santa, and lots of gifts.  But now, we are a bunch of atheist pagans, except for my lovely Jewish daughter-in-law who is not very kosher, but does see that her three kids, my beautiful and brilliant grandchildren!, celebrate Hanukaa, which I cannot spell, let alone celebrate.  We used to all withing driving distance gather at my SC home here where I spent a few days baking ham, roasting stuffed turkey, and hoping I hadn't forgotten too many things.  The kids--parents and grandkids-- usually slept campout style on various floors, guarded over and supervised by my old cats.  Among those cats was my lovely flame point half Siamese, half Maine Coon giant, Simon.  We all recall the first time he was closely assaulted by our singing of various Christmas Carols!  Jack and Sanna were cuddeled into their sleeping bags on the living room floor under out ten-foot tree, I was cuddeled into my blanket on my favorite armchair, and we had little song books from which we proceeded to sing, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing!"  Simon could not believe the depths of our pain as we sought the high notes and flousishes.  He stood in the middle of our trio, startled and looking from face to face, then turned and majestically exitted to the far off depths of the room behind the kitchen!  That face!  That glorious contempt!  We laughed so hard we gave up singing and took to recalling past holidays!  But now we have only a tiny tree covered with cat ornaments, and we all meet at the house of my daughter Rose and Husband Pat, both of whom carry on our tradition of singing (Pat plays the organ!) and eating far more than really fits into our tummies.  We all love our holiday traditions!