Christmas Traditions

   Talking with GX94 morning man Danny Ismond today, and we discussed Christmas traditions. One is perfect for his young family, the "Elf on a Shelf". You may already know about this. It's an elf (obviously) which is moved from location to location around the house. Kids are told "the elf is watching", and will report back to the parents or even the Big Guy, Santa himself, on behaviour bad or good.
   That got me thinking about what traditions we have in our family. I know for years, since I was a little guy, I had a clear plastic ornament with a propeller inside. We hung that over the old fashioned tree lights, and the hot air would make it spin.
   My wife's tradition (which we still carry on in our home) sees the tree put up December 14th, which is her sister's birthday. It's taken down 12 days later, on Boxing Day. Give or take a day or so. We also used to buy our kids a new ornament every year when they were young, as a keepsake. Our cats loved them. So much, in fact, they'd bat them around the house until they broke. We don't have the ornaments anymore, but we still have cats!
   Feel free to share any traditions you might have.

TTFN