Tradition tradition

This is the first time our family has decided to stay home for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Therefore our family did not have any traditions. I asked everyone for ideas but received no feedback. I took matters into my own hands. I decided every year the family will paint a plate. When I was younger my parents had a plate with the year of my birth and a calendar on it. I really liked it. I don't know why. (I'm starting to learn that dishes are important and sentimental to me. ) Anyway, so we made a plate. We picked it out as a family. I picked the colors and Zach designed it. The rest of us painted when needed. Zoe also decided to paint a Christmas snake. Afterwards we went sledding and had a lovely time.
This year I read The Trees of The Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco to the kids. It's about a Jewish family that helps their neighbors that have Scarlet fever celebrate Christmas by bringing trees to them. The trees are decorated with the dancing goat toys their grandfather made them for Hanukkah. It a sweet story. Zoe and I made a Christmas mobile with the Nutcracker, Nativity, and dancing goat stories. This picture is after it fell and became twisted. It was cuter in the beginning.