Christmas past and the Christmas spirit

Christmas was always a big thing in my family, and I have most assuredly passed that tradition on to our children with my husband. I am from Sweden and he is from Denmark, so we have a mixed bag of traditions. In stead of choosing between traditions - we have adapted them all!

Growing up, we had a Santa every year in my family - even when we were all way to big to believe in his existence. We just took turns being Santa and had a laugh. This is a mid-80s picture of me and my little sister as (some rather spooky specimens of) Santa and Mrs. Santa. 

Our own kids are way to big to believe in Santa anymore, however we keep it going. When they were this age though, things were different...

And even if you are too grown-up to believe in Santa, one can never be too old to believe in the Christmas spirit!