Christmas Traditions in the Kitchen with kids or grandkids?

I don't have kids myself yet, but I distinctly remember coming home everyday from kindergarten and my Mom would have the roll out cookie dough ready for me to do cut out cookies.

I loved it so much and I remember really trying to place the cookie cutter close to the edge, like she tried to teach me, but sometimes I would accidentally place the cutter toward the middle. I would just know that I'd get reminded to stay close to the edges, but she would just say, "It's okay, just try to remember." I love her! And I really love this fun memory!

When I asked her about this recently, she said she did that a couple of times, each Christmas, but definitely not everyday. I guess it was such a good memory, I really thought it was more often.

A Christmas tradition at my house is I make blueberry pancakes for breakfast. Another tradition that has developed with my 5yo granddaughter is she helps me make blueberry pancakes when we go camping. So..... THIS Christmas MORNING I WILL HAVE AN ASSISTANT IN THE KITCHEN. My wife found a little apron with Hello Kitty on it. I can not wait. She truly loves to help in the kitchen whenever possible.

Kittykath wrote:
I carried on my mom's tradition of spending a long afternoon making Christmas cookie cutouts with my sons. They are now 18 and 21 and think it's funny to make Santa and the reindeer anatomically correct. My mom will surely pass out this Christmas.

No more tradition :(

This too, shall pass. The tradition will continue when you have grandchildren.

Kittykath wrote:
I carried on my mom's tradition of spending a long afternoon making Christmas cookie cutouts with my sons. They are now 18 and 21 and think it's funny to make Santa and the reindeer anatomically correct. My mom will surely pass out this Christmas.

No more tradition :(

Are our sons related? :h

My 26 year old son is going to grandma's to learn to make lefse since it is apparent that I don't have the knack. Anything that has to be rolled out and I don't mix.

I carried on my mom's tradition of spending a long afternoon making Christmas cookie cutouts with my sons. They are now 18 and 21 and think it's funny to make Santa and the reindeer anatomically correct. My mom will surely pass out this Christmas.

No more tradition :(

We do "sweet rolls" (cinnamon rolls). It started off occasionally with my children, more frequently with the grand-kids and now it's about every visit. Even the little ones can enjoy adding the sugar and raisins and helping roll them up.

One of the best parts of making the gingerbread house is going to the candy store and picking out the building material. The kids and now the grandkids that live close enough love that part and they come up with stuff you would never think of.

Wanda...what a wonderful gift being able to share moments like this together

Our grandchildren always come at some time before christmas to bake. Sometimes all together, sometimes one at a time.

Last year we had all five (10, 9, 7, 5 and 2) around our kitchen island.

They do a special treat with grandpa. I think grandpa enjoys it as much as the kids. He bakes 5 seperate gingerbread houses, one for each of them. We had baked 5 doz cookies and 5 doz tiny cupcakes Each child had their own 6 dishes of coloured icing and each had a bowl full of various candies.

The fun began. For the next 3 hours we had kids covered with coloured icing. Both icing and candy in mouths and hair.

The end result was, each child had a dozen cookies and a dozen small cupcakes to share with whosoever they like. They each had a special grandpa house to take home.

After baths or showers all 5 of them were clean and happy, snuggled up with Grandpa watching a movie eating popcorn all while the christmas lights twinkled and nana cleaned up the kitchen.

I look forward to this weekend when we start all over again.