聖誕節實用過法 建立一個新的家庭節日

Create a new family holiday

If it’s traditional to spend Christmas Eve with all your husband’s relatives and Christmas Day with yours, you may feel you miss out celebrating the holiday at your house with just your immediate family. Lynne Blalock, from Memphis, reports that she and her children never seemed to have any private time to enjoy Christmas together.

如果和你丈夫的親戚度過聖誕夜，與你的親戚度過聖誕日是一個傳統，那麼你可能要錯過和你的直系親屬們獨處地過聖誕節了。林恩•布萊洛克，來自田納西州孟菲斯市，告訴我們她和她的孩子們從來不會在聖誕節有私人獨處時間。

So she took matters into her own hands and invented a new family holiday. “We created Christmas Adam on December 23 — because Adam came before Eve,” says Blalock. That’s the day when they open presents and have a special meal just for the immediate family. And though Blalock says her life is less hectic now, “Christmas Adam is still a tradition.”

所以她決定要親手創造一個機會建立一個新的家庭節日，“我們現在在12月23日的時候會慶祝聖誕亞當——因爲亞當是在聖誕夜前出生的。”就是那天，他們會打開禮物並且與直系親屬一起享用大餐。儘管如今她對這個節日不再過度興奮狂熱了，但“聖誕亞當仍然是一個傳統”。