Every family who celebrates Christmas has their little version of tradition. They’ve honed their ritual– what they eat, where they go, and when they open presents. Some folks go to church the night before, some on the day, and some don’t go at all. Some eat a traditional roast and some mix it up. Santa might wrap your presents or leave them unwrapped. You might have a stocking or just do a gift exchange. Everyone does it a little differently. But what happens when two families, and thus two traditions, come together in say, a marriage? 

Does one tradition beat out the other, or do you do some combination of the two? Or do you forge your own path completely and come up with new traditions? That’s the sticky situation this family found themselves in when a pair of new parents tried to make Christmas their own. Read on for the story.