Holiday Fads | Photo by Jessica Fugett | The Wright State Guardian
The holidays are a special time for family, friends and interesting traditions that are much different than any other time throughout the year.
The Christmas holiday is a time is like no other.
Compared to other holidays, many people have set important traditions for the season. Throughout the years, families have created traditions that, during any other season or holiday, would seem silly.
The first tradition/fad is an ugly sweater party
One must wonder where this idea originally came from, considering most people prefer to buy the most fashionable clothes and look their best.
It’s a great twist on creating a fun competition as to who has the worst-looking sweater.
In any other situation, it would be an insult to win for having the ugliest clothing; in this setting, it is a compliment. How funny.
Letters to Santa
Another interesting tradition parents instill on their children is writing a letter to Santa and leaving out cookies and milk for him.
Again, in any other circumstance, writing a letter to a man you don’t know and excitedly wait for him to enter your house at night and leave gifts is not encouraged. But, with the spirit of Christmas, children have something magical to believe in.
We all need something magical to believe in at some point of our lives.
Gingerbread houses
A common food that is made during this season is gingerbread houses. We were all most likely taught that we shouldn’t play with our food, let alone build a house out of it.
Building a gingerbread house is a fun and adorable activity to do with family and/or friends.
There’s nothing better than letting your imagination and creativity flow and, in the end, being able eat it.
Usually, parents are not a fan of making a mess about the house and throwing up Christmas. Decorating the inside and outside house with a tree, lights and blow-up characters is a must for many people.
What other time of the year do we get to do that?
Come to think of it, Christmas is much like Halloween; ironically, both holidays seem in competition with each other.
