Last year I wrote about my family's quirky Christmas tradition, but like I said on Sunday no one was reading my blog last year soooooo were gonna talk about it, k?
It was 31 years ago.
I didn't exist, my brother didn't exist.
It was 1981 and my mom and dad were newly weds and couldn't go home to Virginia for Christmas.
My dad wanted to be sweet, so he decided to take my mom out for a nice Christmas Eve dinner.
There was a problem a teeny-tiny problem. They lived in a teeny-tiny town.
The only restaurant open was Pizza Hut.
And right there in that tiny Missouri town my family's greatest tradition was born; Pizza Hut for Christmas Eve dinner.
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| Pizza Hut: Orlando, FL (same hut we ate at when we lived here in 1999) |
EVERY YEAR, literally EVERY year we have gone to Pizza Hut for Christmas Eve Dinner.
No matter what state.
No matter who was sick, 1997 was tough.
No matter the weather; rain, sleet, snow.
No matter what time we have to eat…
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| My dress is Gap... and on Sale! |
I love our quirky tradition, I love that our tradition doesn't center around sugar cookies or opening JUST ONE present on christmas eve (blasphemy in my book :) ), but around greasy, cheesy pizza and F-A-M-I-L-Y.
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| My precious parents at their 31st Christmas Eve Pizza Hut Dinner! |
17 comments:
Talk about a sweet tradition! Congratulations to your parents, on a whopping 31 years and for creating life long memories for their children. :) I love this tradition (& Pizza Hut!), haha!
Glad you had a merry Christmas, Meg!
That is great! I love this- it's different than most, but it's special and meaningful- I love it.
Love that backstory! :) PS. You're parents are so nice! I'm so glad I got to meet them when I met you!
Glad yall had a great Christmas!
UM can we talk about how dang cute this tradition is?! I love how it's not like everyone else's...I'm definitely gonna have one like this when I start my own family!
And can we also talk about how you are ROCKING that cheetah?! OOOOKAY!!!! :)
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Such a fun tradition! I can't wait to start my own family traditions =)
thats so sweet :)
This is a sweet tradition! I love it. :)
That is such a special and personal Christmas Eve tradition! Love that y'all are still carrying on that special Christmas Eve from 1981
I really love quirky holiday traditions...I cannot wait to make my own with my little family one day!!
So precious! What a fun family tradition that I'm sure VERY few share, if any!
awww...that's a cute family tradition!
Jamie
greyskysaturday.wordpress.com
so sweet. family traditions like that are great ones to have.
We go out to pizza and a movie every Christmas eve. This year since my mom has a 5 month old we went out to pizza and rented a movie since Ava wouldn't make it through.
found your blog. new follower here, love it. this is so cute. traditions like that are just amazing... blessings to you and your family.
xo lori
that is such a sweet story!! i love how they have continued the tradition since. :)
That is so adorable! I love it :)
This is the SWEETEST story. I love it!! And you're adorable.
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