I love hearing about the different ways families incorporate memorable traditions into their holidays, special occasions, weekends, and weeknights.

What kind of traditions do you have in your household?

Did you have any interesting traditions in your home, growing up? Do you share them, and keep them alive with your own children?

When I was young, we would have dance parties in our living room about once a month - my mom kept a big chest of ornate hats, and we would choose a different one each time, before spending the next few hours dancing to my parents' favorite tunes - Rolling Stones, Louis Prima, Paul Simon, etc.

On Christmas Eve, we would bake holiday cookies, pack them along with thermoses of hot chocolate, and drive around, looking at holiday lights. Before going to bed, we would sprinkle a mixture of oats and glitter onto the grass, from a red, velvet pouch. The scent of oats were supposed to attract the reindeer, and the glitter would direct Santa to our home.

I hope to introduce both of these traditions to my kiddos. I also want to have at least one "tech-free" night, per week. All phones, computers, television, and devices will be turned off in favor of board games, crafts, cooking, and outdoor activities.

Share some of your own!