Today is Part I of our
program’s three-part series on our Christmas Traditions. Each member of our
program – players and coaches – was asked to describe the special or unique
traditions they experience this time of year. Parts II and III will be
published on December 18 and 25, respectively. From our family to yours, we
wish you a special time of holiday tradition! Feel free to let us know some of yours.
We would love to hear from YOU!
Hey all, the Grossett Family doesn't do anything different
from most families: we go to Christmas eve church service and we wake up on
Christmas day and open gifts. However, this year I thought it would be fun to
start a new tradition. I'm having my family do an ugly sweater theme for Christmas. Also
my grandmother cherishes this old school picture of the whole family, so we're
gonna get a modern day pic of all of us older. I think it will be super special
present! -- #20 Kayla Grossett
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| Kayla with her family. |
One tradition that still goes on is we still wake up at 6am to
open presents. When I was younger, I would go in my mother’s room wake her up,
because I was sooooo anxious to open up my gifts. Now at age 28, my mother is
the one who comes into my room and wakes me up. Another tradition we do every
year is host a
Christmas party at the house. We do
activities like play dancing games on the Wii for the kids, playing taboo for
the adults. -- Assistant Coach Brittany
Pinkney
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| Brittany with her cousin Ava |
Every year during this time, I always love relaxing with my
family and just enjoying time with them. On Christmas Eve, we always go to mass
and then go over my cousins’ house after for dinner and gifts. Before mass, we
always take our family
Christmas photo. My Christmas break is a time with family and just
enjoying the memories and time we get to spend together. -- #42 Jenn Carney
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| Jenn is back right. She and all her sisters are obviously thrilled to be taking this pic! |
Growing up, I remember going on those tacky light tours. Christmas was a
special time for my grandmother and myself. When my grandfather passed while I
was still in high school, I would go pick up and deliver a Christmas tree to
her house and help her decorate it. Then on Christmas Eve, I'd be front and
center at church to watch her sing in the choir. Value the time you
spend with people this holiday season, and take the time to reach out to that
old friend you haven't talked to in a while. Have a blessed holiday, and.... GO
MOUNT! -- Director of Basketball
Operations Travis Ponton
Every year, my family does a gift exchange called Secret Santa.
Since there are 6 of us kids, this makes it exciting to get each other
gifts. At Thanksgiving, we each draw
someone else’s name from a hat. Being a college kid on a very tight budget, it
would be difficult to get all my siblings a gift! After Christmas Eve Mass, we
all sit down in our family room and exchange the gifts. Its exciting getting to see who had you as
their secret Santa, and also its rewarding to see your sibling open the gift
you got them. – #32 Jessie Kaufman
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| Jessie (front left) with her siblings |
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