My husband and I both LOVE Xmas, and when our kids got to two we decided to create some Xmas family traditions.
Our Xmas tree goes up on 1 Dec, and suddenly we have "Xmas fairies" that visit. Its like Elf of the shelf, the fairies move every night because they fly back to Santa to tell him if the kids have been good. Two fairies, one for each child in the hope that when they move out and have their own kids they will take their fairy with them and make it a tradition with their children. I should add, I'm from NZ where no-one has heard of Elf on the Shelf LOL
We have grinch day where we eat lots of green food, wear green clothes and watch the grinch movie.
This weekend its baking for people in the neighbourhood (we have a few old ladies who have no family, so we take them Xmas treats), and taking food to the food bank for the last of the people needing food parcels right before Xmas.
Then Xmas eve we do a chocolate fondue with marshmallows and fruit. This year I'll be more about the fruit and try not to eat too much chocolate. We make sure to leave some of the chocolate covered yummies for Santa of course.
So how about everyone else, what do you do? Be warned I might just steal it!