Traditions: The New

Part of the excitement of building a life with someone
is creating all sorts of new Christmas traditions with them,
and finding a way to include them in your old traditions.

Our first Christmas tradition is going to pick out a tree,
it's NYC so it's not National Lampoons style, we just head over
to our local supermarket and choose the perfect tree and carry it home.
This year poses a small problem since I can't really lift anything at
this point.  But we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Trimming the tree is always so much fun, our box is
filled with beloved ornaments from our respective childhoods
and some new ones that we've given to each other in the past 8 years.
We put on our Santa hats and listen to Christmas music- usually wine
is involved.  The tree gets topped with a hand sewn humboldt squid that
I made in college.

We also usually try to see a show together, over the years we've gone to:
*The McGarrigle Family Christmas  (Rufus, JGL, Antony,  Lou Reed
...it was amazing.)
*The Nutcracker (My secret is that one of my biggest life regrets is
that I never got to dance in a Nutcracker production. My studio
would sometimes do their own Christmas production-which was fine-
but I desperately wanted to be in the Nutcracker. )
*Christmas movies on the big screen at Museum of the Moving Image
(Muppet Christmas Carol was awesome, and this year it's Muppet Family Christmas)

This year we are seeing Over the Rhine on Sunday, a Cincinnati based duo
that is famous for their Christmas songs, the husband has been a fan for
awhile. Next weekend it's the Nutcracker at BAM, the last year for
Alexei Ratmansky's production which I happen to love.  Finally on the 28th,
as previously mentioned we will head to the Museum of the Moving Image
to see A Muppet Family Christmas on the big screen.

Our last tradition is our holiday party that we have every year.  Lots of snacks,
tons of wine/beer, and a whole house filled with dear friends. It doesn't get better
than that.

It's also nice knowing that so many new traditions are waiting for us.