Family traditions between Halloween and Christmas besides Thanksgiving
When kids are sad that Halloween is over, parents want to keep the fun going until Christmas. However, Thanksgiving is often too difficult to celebrate due to dietary restrictions and the stress of gathering with young children, in-laws, and divorced relatives. This leaves parents searching for alternative ways to build special memories and new traditions during the November gap.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1Playing board gamesDid this help you?
- 2Baking cookiesDid this help you?
- 3Accepting that not every day needs to be a spectacle or special eventDid this help you?
- 4getting children a yearly ornament that represents something the family did that yearDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“My son (5) is bummed that Halloween is over. It’s his favorite holiday.”source ↗
“I get bummed too because I don’t really care for Thanksgiving since my family has such a hard time gathering now due to young children/divorces/in laws obligations and I have so many dietary restrictions due to my health issues.”source ↗
“I want a new tradition outside of Thanksgiving. I’d love to hear how you keep the fun going until it’s time to switch gears to Christmas.”source ↗
“My baby is 1, and I’d love to create some special memories and traditions as she grows older.”source ↗
Where this came up
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