Start holiday traditions in your first home, and they’ll continue to delight your family as you grow in this special new space. To make buying your first home even more exciting, remember to celebrate the milestones achieved every year. What better time to celebrate than at the holidays. Establish some these cherished holiday traditions now.
Milestone Ornaments
Every December makes a DIY ornament to signify a milestone in your home. New baby, new pet, a wedding or graduation? Add the date to your ornament and watch your collection — and your memories —grow year after year.
Family Holiday Movie Night
Pick your favorite and make it a must-do event with holiday cookies, popcorn and coziness. Whether you make it a tradition to see the same movie every year, or make it a tradition that each member of the family, in rotation, gets to pick the holiday movie, this is one that everyone will love and look forward to.
Host a Holiday Cookie Exchange
Show off your new kitchen and start a cookie exchange with a few friends. Use this event to take advantage of your new appliances, counterspace, or gadgets and let everyone know that your house is the cookie house every year from now on.
Stories by The Fireplace
Pick a holiday storybook to read every night of the season in front of the fire with cocoa and blankets. Keep the stack near the fireplace so kids can read them again and again.