Building our own Christmas Tree
... a young mom's attempt at beginning Christmas Traditions in her own home. Growing up, we never really had those usual family traditions... baking cookies, lighting of the Advent wreath, reading Christmas books, decorating the Christmas tree together.
It wasn't really anybody's fault: in the past, we would typically celebrate Christmas with our extended family, and our traditions comprised of opening gifts, Noche Buena, etc. Our grandparents and extended family made these