Keeping Traditions

Dec 21, 2009 | Boy Wonder | 6 comments

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Me: Do you still want a birthday tree now that you are a teenager? Or have you out-grown the tradition?

Boy Wonder: Mom! You’re never too old for a birthday tree! In fact, I’m going to make sure my kids have birthday trees.

6 Comments

  1. Carly on 21 December, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    I completely agree with him. My birthday was the end of August and a birthday tree is sooooooo much cooler than a birthday backpack.

    What a different and wonderful tradition!

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    Carly, what’s a Birthday Backpack?

  2. katie on 21 December, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    Heck yeah! It’s the best birthday-in-the-Christmas-season traidtion EVER!

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    We think so! It gets lots of raised eye-brows from the more religiously conservative set. But, I figure–Christians “borrowed” the Christmas tree from Pagans in the first place, Jesus won’t mind loaning it out to the kid for a few days. 😀 ~W

  3. Bob on 21 December, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    How cool is that!! Especially for magic 13. Happy Birthday, BW!
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    Thanks, Bob!! ~W

  4. Carly on 21 December, 2009 at 11:25 pm

    In answer, I used to get a backpack for a present. Lame. Though one year, it had Care Bears. That one was awesome. I’d rather have a tree, though.

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    Oh no. That’s kinda sad, Carly. I thought maybe it was a tradition where they filled it with coolio things. Hmm… ~W

  5. sadira on 22 December, 2009 at 12:24 pm

    Ohhhh thirteen? We’ve got a soon to be thirteen year old in the family at the beginning of next year…I hope that boy never outgrows the birthday tree…My birthday falls in the spring…which means sometimes I get a birthday Easter basket…but I would like to change it to birthday diamonds instead I think. Yes. That would be nice. 😉

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    Yeah, I’m pretty sure you can’t go wrong with birthday diamonds. 😀 ~W

  6. IZ on 22 December, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    I think the birthday tree is an excellent way to celebrate a Christmas baby. I’m so glad you thought of that one sweetie -and I’ve enjoyed helping to put them together. You rock. So does the tree.

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    We’ve had a fabulous time collaborating. I only wish I’d saved pieces from each year so we could do a “finale” tree at 18. I’m KICKING myself for not thinking ahead. Bugger. 😀 ~W