Holiday traditions and rituals help anchor our memories and give children and adults alike something to look forward to year after year. As we enter into the Holiday season, it’s important to consider what traditions to establish in your new home in Richmond, VA. Carrying on traditions already set into place may be the final step needed in calling your new house your “home”. While incorporating new ideas may help turn the leaf in beginning an exciting new lifestyle in your new home built by Main Street Homes. Maybe your family has outgrown some traditions or changed and needs to make room for new ones. Perhaps baking cookies and writing letters to Santa isn’t important anymore; try making goody bags for your friends or neighbors and writing a family newsletter together. Maybe you have always had Thanksgiving dinner at grandma’s but will be celebrating in your home this year; bake one of grandma’s recipes to help incorporate a part of the old tradition with the new. Moving into your new home in Richmond, VA is a perfect opportunity to embrace those changes together. Here are a few other ideas for meaningful, holiday traditions to try:

• Make shadow boxes of family heirlooms, children’s crafts, or special pieces from your own child hood. Then, find a place in your new home where these will be displayed year after year for the holidays. Unwrapping and hanging them will become a treasured memory and opportunity to share a story!
• Walk your neighborhood or visit a park near your new home in Richmond, VA to collect pine cones, fallen leaves and acorns. Make it a scavenger hunt for your kids or a quiet break away from the ordinary for you and your spouse. Come home to hot chocolate or apple cider while you fill glass vases or bowls with your new décor.
• There will be plenty of time for turkey and ham, find a new recipe your family loves and pick a special date in between holidays you’re immediate family can anticipate as the “midway” dinner. It may even be take out as the cook in the house will probably be ready for a break!

Traditions are meant to create memories, encourage laughter, build bonds with loved ones and ultimately be a departure from everyday life. Sometimes these rituals are planned with great intention, others evolve rather magically. Either way, these are the times that will help fill your new home in Richmond, VA with special moments.