Family Fun: Create new holiday traditions

“Christmas is a special time to take a break and connect with others, family and neighbours,” says Ted Reynolds, Kentville. “We never did complicated or expensive things at Christmas growing up. We had time together as a family.”

So much of the pleasure Christmas is the excitement and anticipation leading up to the big day.

“Christmas time,” Josephine Reynolds, seven, says, “is such a magical and amazing time!”

What I try to impress upon people is that family fun need not be expensive or complicated: it’s about being together. Or, as Josephine puts it, “it’s about the yummy snacks and having lots of friends to meet with and have fun with.”