You signed up for the Savvy Savings weekly email: A lot of the joy of the holidays is anticipating all of the special things we do at this time of year. So let's savor all of these rituals we enjoy with our children before, during, and after they happen!
Here are the ones we and our kids have been looking forward to most:
1. Advent calendars
2. Caroling and listening to holiday music
3. Hanging lights and decorating the house
4. Baking sugar cookies and frying latkes
5. Sending and receiving holiday cards
6. Watching Rudolph, Frosty and Charlie Brown
7. Making hot chocolate with marshmallows
8. Ice skating to holiday music
9. Gazing at holiday department store window decorations
10. Setting the table for a big family dinner
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