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My family had the pretty basic Christmas traditions: presents from family opened Christmas Eve, ones from Santa Christmas morning, pajamas and breakfast etc.

However, in our family, Santa Claus would return to our house New Year's Eve on his way back to the North Pole and that's when our stockings would get filled with the Christmas candy, discounted holiday trinkets, random MadLibs and whatnot that my mom would buy during the after-Christmas sales. It's kinda brilliant, really. We got another night of anticipation and excitement and my parents could shower us with more gifts at a more reasonable price.

I thought this was an accepted tradition all over until my husband huddled over with laughter when I told him, in all seriousness in a then-childless house, that we couldn't take our stockings down until after New Year's because Santa was coming back, duh.

@ladykatey i find that quickly double tapping the home button (which pops up with recently used apps) and then holding down your finger over them (as if you were going to be moving them around) enables you to "clear your app history" if you will. it's quite helpful if an app is giving you a bit of trouble like freezing and whatnot. and sometimes apps continue to run and drain battery life unless you completely clear them out with this method. just give it a try! my husband works for apple and when he told me this, it changed my life =)

i love the idea of them hanging in the window. also what a great idea, @LSUgrad03!

i alternate between a real tree and an artificial tree each year. here in louisiana, discarded christmas trees are used to help re-build our fast disappearing wetlands so i like to help out while also having an artificial tree.
i also alternate between two different styles of ornaments and decorations. i have a homemade and rustic theme with nutcrackers and wood ornaments that i use sometimes and i also have a more chic silver and blue theme that i use. i don't like having the same thing every year. i like to change it up so i can be excited about putting up all the trimmings!

yay! orange is my favorite color.

i absolutely LOVE the open shelving! what a great renovation. it looks more expensive than $450! =)

very clever!

i love this! i would definitely have a blast if a halloween bash was thrown there.

this is such a gorgeous cheaper option than ripping out wood paneling! i like it because it's not just a painted wall--it has become a painted AND textured wall. it's visually interesting.

i like showing off my old children's books, but i think the shelves of toys just looks too cluttered and immature.