My First Christmas Tree – Building A Tradition

Thanksgiving came and went in a flash. Now, it’s time to wrap up our year, but not before my favourite Christmas tradition, doing the Christmas tree. This is my favourite time of the year, as it celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and is all about celebrations, decorations, gifts, food, champagne and all things merry and bright.

While growing up, not every home on my street would put candles on their windows or deck a Christmas tree, during the holiday season. You see, I am from Punjab, India and I have never seen many Churches or anything resembling Christmas lights or Christmas tree decorations, when I was a kid.

But now my time to shine has come. I am a mother of a 4-year-old and I could not be more excited, as this would be the first ever Christmas tree decoration for me and my daughter. Our tree is going to be bright & shiny. And as long as my kid is all happy about decorations and celebrations, my Christmas spirit would be high.    

This is my first-ever tree, you bet your holly jolly ass because I had decided to go all out on the decorations, straight from bright lights, glittering ornaments and a bright snowman to shiny tinsel and Hanukkah. My shiny Christmas tree has it all. Decorating the tree was not just the favourite activity out of everything we did in the holiday season, but it was so much fun, especially for my kiddo. 

Additionally, I have been observing that Christmas trees get a strangely huge amount of attention and social discussion, both bad and good. Keeping this aside, my kid actively participated in ornamenting and wreathing the Christmas tree. I shared some stories from different cultures, and she loved listening about what different people believe about Christmas and the history.

The holiday season is a great time of year and this year, I have used it to build a tradition, to teach my little one about giving and being good, and for spending more time together as a family. As she will grow, I will keep the same approach of decorating our Christmas tree and answering questions about how and why others celebrate holidays differently.  

This year it has worked out great and my daughter loved our holiday fun. But I’m all set to answer her questions that next season would bring up. In every answer, I will find the best way to teach her about the love Christmas or holiday season brings in.