Christian artists from Nashville's Word Records, including Big Daddy Weave, Dara Maclean, Sidewalk Prophets, Group 1 Crew, Patrick Ryan Clark, for King & Country, reveal what their favorite Christmas traditions are.
Favorite Christmas Traditions
I love seeing the look of surprise and happiness on my kid’s faces as they come downstairs. Kandice and I sit downstairs and video tape and take pictures of the kids as they come down the steps. It’s like the red carpet! -- Big Daddy Weave: Mike
In the new Weaver household, we decorate the Christmas tree with all old standard carols – 40s the day after Thanksgiving. -- Big Daddy Weave: Jay
Christmas on Christmas Eve. I have a small family so we all gather around the tree and enjoy Christmas the night before. It’s dark outside, hopefully snowing, and everyone is laughing as Bing sings in the background. Stockings are the best part for the big kids. It's amazing; what fantastic treasures we find! -- Dara Maclean
Definitely decorating our Christmas tree. The Christmas tree decorating always kicks off with Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas album. Then, after the entire tree is decorated, at the very end, we turn off all the lights and look at the beautiful Christmas tree and listen to Charlie Brown’s Christmas album. -- Sidewalk Prophets: Dave Frey
Decorating the Christmas tree while watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation…"She'll have to see it later dare, her eyes are frozen." CLASSIC. -- Sidewalk Prophets: Ben McDonald
In my family, my mom always cooks an authentic Swedish dinner for Christmas (well at least the meal she learned from her mother and so on), and it is definitely something that I look forward to every year. Swedish meatballs, Korv Sausage, Limpa bread, creamed potatoes, Lingonberry jam (which I pass on), rice pudding and sometimes even Pepparkakor cookies... yum! -- Sidewalk Prophets: Cal Joslin
Opening one gift on Christmas Eve! -- Sidewalk Prophets: Justin Nace
One tradition I am starting with my family is not to give gifts for each other, but we provide a good Christmas for another family who otherwise would not be able to provide Christmas for themselves and for their kids. That's what I want Christmas to be about from now on in my house. -- Group 1 Crew: Manuel
Without a doubt it has to be watching "The Christmas Story" on TNT before falling asleep on Christmas Eve. It is such a ridiculous movie but there is just something about it that our family loves. We watch it, we quote it. Christmas around the Clark house just wouldn't be the same without that crazy movie playing on Christmas Eve. "You'll shoot your eye out!" Amazing. -- Patrick Ryan Clark
Every Christmas my Dad shares a devotional with the entire family and afterwards, we usually go around the room and share what we're most thankful for. I think it's important to reflect on all that we've been given and to cherish the moments we have together. That I must say, would be my favorite Christmas tradition! -- for King & Country: Luke
In Australia, Santa doesn't stick gifts under the Christmas tree or come down the chimney (due to the fact that there are no chimneys in most Australian homes), but rather, he puts the presents at the end of your bed. So as a family on Christmas Eve we would paint pictures and write our names on empty pillow cases and then stick them at the end of our beds. In the morning we'd wake up to the pillow cases overflowing with gifts! Not to mention, Santa always ate some of the banana and drank some of the milk I left out… But he never drank or ate it all because, I figured, there were a lot of other children who would put out food and milk as well?- for King & Country: Joel
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