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Five Reasons Why We Kiss On New Year’s Eve

December 31, 2014 by Marianne Litman Leave a Comment

The day is finally here, the last day of 2014. And to celebrate, people around the world will be attending parties, watching fireworks, staying in and popping champagne. No matter what you are doing, there is one tradition that goes with every NYE champagne toast out there: the midnight kiss. We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Holidays, Humour, Party Tagged With: kissing on new years, New Year's Eve, new year's kiss, New Years, superstitions, traditions

Fun Ways To Countdown To Christmas As A Family

November 27, 2014 by Emma Durand-Wood Leave a Comment

Mark the days and weeks leading up to Christmas exciting and memorable activities Written by Emma Durand-Wood Half the fun of Christmas is the anticipation. That’s why we’re chomping at the bit to put up our decorations by this point in November! And of course, having kids brings a whole new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Holidays, Life Tagged With: Advent Calendar, books, Christmas, Christmas baking, Christmas cookies, christmas stories, family, holiday, parenting, quality family time, reading, traditions

Christmas Questions

December 20, 2013 by Christine Leave a Comment

This is it. We're in the home stretch now. Four more sleeps til Christmas Eve. If you're not ready yet, I don't envy you having to trudge through packed stores and waiting in endless lines. Unless you are my husband and don't mind such annoyances. I am done all of my shopping. Everything's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays, Life Tagged With: Christmas, family, holidays, presents, reindeer cars, santa, traditions, wrapping presents

Christmas, 8 kids, and the vomit fest!

December 25, 2012 by ChantelK

It never fails, as soon as the holiday season approaches someone comes down wth something.  Typically during the final week of school the children start getting stuffy or runny noses, coughs, and sore throats and beg me if they can stay home.  I am a monster though and unless my child has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas, flu shots, illness, stomach bug, traditions, virus

Christmas Traditions

December 24, 2012 by ChantelK

Twas the night before Christmas and all through this house 8 little Monkeys were quiet as mice - NOT! On Christmas eve this house is anything but quiet! Here we do things a bit differently.  We have a meatless dinner - due to many of my children not liking fish we have been having cheese … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas, holidays, presents, traditions

Our New Holiday Tradition

December 6, 2012 by Kath

This year marks the second Christmas for my girls since their Dad and I separated. It's also going to be the first Christmas since the separation that we spend alone, at home, just the three of us (last year we flew from Calgary back 'home' to Toronto to be with my extended family). I spent a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Christmas, divorce, family photographs, holidays after divorce, separation, single parent, traditions

The Cultured Wedding: Chinese Tea Ceremony

June 18, 2012 by Sonya

When we were planning our wedding we wanted to incorporate traditions particularly from my culture. Hubby and I come from two very different cultures. We are truly "east meets west" with a touch of Jamaican heritage (his side) thrown in for good measure.  You see, Chinese people love Chinese … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chinese Tea Ceremony, traditions, UrbanMoms, weddings

Welcoming the Year of the Dragon

January 23, 2012 by Sonya

If you think Christmas is big, in comes the Year of the Dragon and Lunar New Year celebrations. Often referred to as Chinese New Year it's not so much about buying gifts but about the food....and LOTS of it. I was born and raised here in Canada and our family celebrates like most families do. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chinese New Year, traditions, UrbanMoms, Year of the Dragon

say yes

January 2, 2012 by Nancy

I love the fresh start to the New Year. There is much talk of resolutions and new beginnings. I really love this stuff. And I do know many people hate it.We have spent every New Year's since my split at my best friend's cottage with her family.It was there interestingly, 5 years ago, that she used … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: my family is not broken, new year's resolutions, single mom blog, traditions

Babycakes

December 13, 2011 by Christine

One thing I've really wanted to add to our traditions at Christmastime is baking.  I remember vividly my mum making tins of shortbread and plates of rumballs every Christmas (I also remember wondering how many rumballs I'd need to eat to get a buzz)  I wanted to create memories like that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: babycakes, cakes, Christmas, cupcakes, traditions, treats, whoopie pies

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