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A New Family Tradition: The
Holiday Memory Book
by Barbara Ryan
The Holidays are a magical time of year, especially if you have or spend
time with young children. Seeing the holiday through their eyes is so
special. The memories created from our own childhood Holidays shape how
we present the holiday season to our own children. A Holiday Memory Book
can be a wonderful new tradition to help preserve and share those
memories year after year.
A Holiday Memory Book can be as simple as your favorite photographs from
each holiday season placed in a special photo album. Each year, add a
page or two of photographs from that year’s holiday. Or, you can get
more creative and make a scrapbook. It can be a tradition paper
scrapbook if that is something you enjoy, or a digital scrapbook.
There are many digital scrapbooking sites that offer information and
free templates, papers, and embellishments to get you started and most
have digital kits based on themes you can download. You’ll need a photo
editing software. The one that came with your digital camera will work
fine. There are also some available with free trials and for purchase
that are inexpensive and good for a beginner to intermediate
scrapbooking.
Include photographs of the family celebrating the holidays. Everyone
gathered at the table for the holiday dinner, opening the gifts, and
decorating the tree. Also include any special holiday events like a
child’s school play, a holiday party, and the visit with Santa. If you
are creating a scrapbook, add some journaling detailing the gifts
received that year for each person and anything else you want to be sure
to remember including that custom holiday card you sent out!
A new tradition is formed. Early in the New Year, a family project can
be choosing the pictures to add and creating new scrapbook pages to add
to the album. Every year the album comes out with the rest of the
Holiday decorations and sits in a special place for everyone in the
family and your visitors to enjoy and spark the memories of Christmases
past.
About the author
More Details about family traditions here. Barbara Ryan operates,
Cherish Collages – Custom Photo Collage Design,
http://www.cherishcollages.com a business dedicated to creating
unique personal keepsakes and gifts from photographs.
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