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Family New Years Traditions, Rituals, and Activities |
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Family Photo
Album
Create a family
photo album using photographs taken throughout the past year.
Work on the pages together or assign one page to each family
member. You can use
stickers, markers and colored paper (all available at your local
craft store) to decorate each page. To make remembering easy,
be sure to put the year on the first page.
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Family Journal
Make or purchase a
simple journal that can be used to write down all the things
each family member did over the past year and the things they
want to accomplish in the new year. Be sure to include
photographs or pictures. You can create a new journal every
year or just add to the one used for a
previous years. Make sure you take time as a family to re-read
the things you wrote in previous years. How many things did you
forget? Did you accomplish what you wanted for the year? What
things would you like to continue working on over the next year?
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Make a Time
Capsule
Gather items (i.e. Award ribbons, books read, report cards) from
around the house that were significant to each family member
over the past year. Then have each family member write or draw
a letter about their lives over the past year. Be sure to
include things each person did over the past year,
things they accomplished, and things they would like to
accomplish over the next year. Place the letters and other items
collected into a decorated shoe box (be sure to include the year
on the outside) and as a family agree on how long (i.e. 1, 5, 10
years) before the box is opened again. Then put the box away
and don't open it until it is time.
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Throw a New
Year's Eve Party
Welcome in the New Year with a good old fashioned New Year's Eve
party. You can keep it simple by just including your family, or
if you are more adventurous invite friends and your family over
to help celebrate. Be sure to include all family members in on
the planning and preparations. Check out
FamilyFun.com
for a host of
great party games, favors, and recipes.
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