Boxing Day=Snow Day!

Some people shop; we hit the snow!

Most people have family traditions around the holidays. My family is ginormous and has traditions that are a marathon of events and food. We (all 40+ of us) get together for a massive gift exchange. Between Secret Santa’s and gifts for our immediate family the tree disappears. The festivities last well into the night and after a goodnight sleep and a bit of time apart we reconvene for Christmas Day supper; where we all eat very well and laugh way too much into the night again.

So after indulging our stomachs for a couple days we get together again for our traditional Boxing Day merriment. Like I mentioned my family is pretty large. My dad has 7 brothers and sister who all have kids and in some cases grandkids. With someone of pretty much every age we have to have something for everyone to do. So we rent out this club house that has a decent sized hill for tobogganing, a field for some intense games of snow football, and even an ice oval out back! Some people even hit the club houses weight room for kicks.

Our outdoor adventures!

So typically when one hears tobogganing they think kids, and that’s partly true but with my family the adults go wild with it. The brother slide, the sister slide, how many can squash on the sled, how many people high can we go. Oh ya, it gets crazy!

Once we get our competitive juices going we take it up a notch from sledding to mostly.. touch snow football! Sports are a wee bit of a family legacy and football is a big one. So we play a few downs, mostly for fun..haha.. some take it more seriously than others lol.

For those not so thrilled about football or maybe feeling a little more refined there is the ice oval. The little ones tend to play football for a few downs and then want to skate.

Competitive togetherness!

All in all the day is about all of us being together! Running around and being active just enhances the fun we have together.

Do you have any active traditions around the holidays? We could always expand the competition so pass on your great ideas in the comments below.

Take it easy everyone..but not too easy!

Kenji