Unusual Christmas Traditions, or Destressing the Holidays

Sis#2 is using FlyLady's system to help get ready for the holidays. Apparently there is a section on "Destressing the Holidays." So Sis#2 wrote in one of our mother's Best Holiday Ideas Ever: pizza for Christmas breakfast.

Mom is not an enthusiastic cook at the best of times. And the thought of making a big Christmas breakfast followed by a big Christmas dinner was not her favorite way of celebrating. So one year (I was probably 12, which means Sis#2 was 1), Mom hit on the idea of serving pizza for breakfast.

"It has meat, dairy, and starch," she explained. "Just like bacon, eggs, and toast." With half the fuss. And bonus vegetables. The orange and banana in our stockings took care of the fruit requirement. We loved it.

Mom would pop the pizza into the oven and then we would open presents. Everyone was happy.

Apparently Mom's idea is a big hit on the FlyLady boards, too, according to the comments Sis#2 has read. And frozen pizzas--or even better, fresh made "take-and-bakes" are so much better than the ones we ate 30 years ago!

When she found out about the tradition, DD#2 asked, "Why don't we do that?" Well, mostly because Hubs hates frozen pizzas. But if I buy a couple of the "take-and-bakes" on Christmas Eve and hide them in the fridge...

This may be the year the tradition is revived!