My family doesn’t have a ton of traditions we really follow. Sure, every year we are the ones to host holiday gatherings, but other than that, we don’t really have many things we always do year after year.
There is one exception though. My family always takes a Christmas picture every year, even though not everyone still lives at home.
I have four older sisters and we are all busy with work and our fast paced lives. It’s not often when all of us are home at the same time especially seeing as though my oldest sister is living on her own. Even with our busy schedules, we always find a time to come together and take a Christmas picture to send out to friends and family.
Taking this picture may not seem like a lot to us, but to my mother, it means a lot.
Just recently, my mother put together a family photo album of just our Christmas pictures. As I was looking at it, I could then tell why this holiday tradition means so much to her.
I was looking over the pictures and it was very interesting to see how my sisters and I changed year to year. This photo album showed us growing up. It’s a kind of sentimental feeling that is hard to describe.
Here are just some of my families Christmas pictures throughout the years. Unfortunately, due to the recent crash of my parents laptop, we have lost some of our original files to the photos so I had to result to taking pictures of the pictures.
I encourage everyone, once you’re all settled down whether, you have a significant other, a family, or just with friends, to try and start this tradition. It can take as little as five minutes to shoot a photo. I promise that after a few years of taking a Christmas picture, you will be able to share the same sentimental feeling as I do.
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