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I couldn't wait for my favorite holiday to arrive when we would gather around the Christmas tree and enjoy each other's company.Īpproaching Aunt Jane's house, our family anticipates the grand holiday about to be rekindled once again. My most cherished memory as a child was Christmas day with my own family. You can also follow her on Facebook and Instagram.Some families have their own unique way of celebrating those special moments with the ones they love. You can read more from Allison at where she writes about motherhood, womanhood, and faith. That's why she's honored to call Nashville home. Motherhood brings out all the feelings but she's found that when she is a part of a community of people doing life together, a little of the burden is removed. When she writes she pulls from the joy of the little moments with her girls, the humor in the everyday, her faith and her experiences in loss. She has quite a few grey hairs, which proves she has wisdom, and a big heart made softer by the loss of three pregnancies. (That kind of sounded like a dating profile). She revels in laughing (many times at herself), meeting new people, and having deep meaningful conversations. When she's not brushing out tangled hair or cleaning spit-up off her leggings, she enjoys hiking, eating healthy foods, traveling, trying out new fun things to do in Nashville or reading books.

Nashville has been her home since the end of 2014 and there is no looking back! Her husband, Lynn and two daughters, Ellis the threenager and 6-month-old Adeleine, fill her world with joy, exhaustion and glitter. Read classic Christmas stories/poems around the tree.įor more fun handpicked holiday ideas for families in Music City, click here.Īllison was born and raised in the Midwest, which accounts for her straight-talking ways.Call each other only Reindeer names for a day.Keep extra Christmas cards in your van to give to strangers at the grocery store.

Eat dinner by candlelight and Christmas lights.

Crepe paper your child’s door on Christmas morning so they have to break through it.

Play “Try to guess the Christmas carol” game.

Do something kind for someone in the family.

Decorate a Christmas shirt with fabric paints.

Go see The Dancing Lights of Christmas.

Stamp or paint your own wrapping paper.

Visit a homeless shelter or nursing home.

Take boxes of baked treats to your neighbors.

Go to Dickens of a Christmas in Franklin.

Bundle up and go on a cold weather hike.

Invite friends over for a Christmas themed tea party.

Draw the kids a bath, play Christmas music and use Christmas colored toys in the tub.

Go to a pottery painting studio and paint a Christmas themed mug to use over the holidays.

Have a funny Christmas photo shoot (think decade themed!).

Check out books from the library about how people celebrate Christmas around the world.

Go to Franklin Theatre to watch a Christmas movie.

Make and decorate a birthday cake for Jesus.

Snow tube at Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.

Go to see The Nutcracker with the Nashville Ballet.

Write a letter to a family member you won’t see at Christmas.

Read “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas”.

Camp out one night by the Christmas tree.

Go to Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center to see the lights.

Read Polar Express together - then watch the movie.

Use a Christmas countdown app as you get closer to the big day - or have Santa text your kids!.

Watch as Norad Tracks Santa on Christmas Eve.

Go to The Nashville Symphony for the Holiday Spectacular and Sing-Along.

Go on a drive to look at Christmas lights in your area.

Sing Christmas carols around the Christmas tree.

The point? Make some memories and enjoy the season with your family! When your kids grow up, they’ll thank you. A few are quintessential Nashville, while others can be done wherever you live. Some can be done with only a little thought, while others take a bit of effort.