Post your favorite traditions you do during the winter season!

This post may include affiliate links.

#1

My little sister and I go through the 7 stages of making gingerbread houses.
Stage 1: Determination: We can do this! this will be fun!
Stage 2: Anger: WHY IS EVERYTHING COLLAPSING?? OMG THE FROSTIG ISNT STICKING EVERYTHING. AAAAGH I HAVE TO START ALL OVER.
Stage 3: Frosting: Maybe if we keep adding frosting nothing can go wrong?
Stage 4: Regret: WHY did we add so much frosting now everything is sticky and we've eaten half of it!!
Stage 5: More frosting: Everything is tilting so add more frosting.
Stage 6: Candy!: add candy so it doesn't look like a hot mess
Stage 7: Slowly pick of candy when you think no one is looking but meh, we don't like gingerbread so we'll leave that for someone else.

Report

Final score:
22points
Princess SparkleButt Jef Jef the Ⅲ
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu

RELATED:
    #2

    Mine is quite boring really. On winter nights I get into bed really early (mainly because it means I can switch the heating off early) the cats sit on top of my duvet but under the blanket and we all watch TV together, my older one is just happy to be next to me, or on me, the younger one loves it when I watch ocean documentaries; she gets all excited and bounces up to the TV.

    Report

    Final score:
    18points
    Shark Lady
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #3

    Fairly normal:

    I take my students to a Christmas market every year. Just to have some fun and to spread Christmas cheer. My wife and my Bulldog will accompany us.

    End of November I put up the Christmas lights on our terrace.

    In December my wife and me will do cross country skiing for a day. Used to ski the regular way, but my left knee thought otherwise.

    Christmas lunch at my mother's (with my sister) and on New Years Eve they will celebrate at our place.

    Good times.

    Report

    Final score:
    16points
    Ban-One
    Add photo comments
    POST
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #4

    Best part of cold weather is comfort food. The crisp cool weather makes warm savory southern dishes taste so much better. Gumbo, jambalaya, red beans and rice, smoked meats, I could go on and on.

    Report

    Final score:
    16points
    Jessica Broussard
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #5

    Every year, the second it starts to snow for the first time, I call my neighbor to inform her of this magical moment. I say the same thing every time (well, more like sing, tauntingly) "Iiiit's snooowing! It's snowing. It's snowing! It's snoooowing!" and then hang up. It's childish, I know, but it's one of the only things we disagree on. She hates it, I love it and I think it's a wonderful tradition I've started.

    Report

    Final score:
    15points
    Katy McMouse
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #6

    Whenever it hasn't snowed in a while and it starts snowing, I'll text my mom and my friends IT'S SNOWING ❄️ and we'll post pictures of our view of the snow. Oh, by the way... IT'S SNOWING ❄️☺️

    Report

    Final score:
    12points
    LoyalHufflepuff07
    Add photo comments
    POST
    s_r-brainbox avatar
    Pizzagirl 91
    Pizzagirl 91
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, we do that, too. My brother's built the first 10cm (about 4") snowman with spaghetti arms already.

    Vote comment up
    1
    1point
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #7

    I bake christmas cookies while watching "Love Actually". Cheesy I know.

    Report

    Final score:
    11points
    Ellie Vanille
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #8

    Waiting excitedly for it to snow and being disappointed every year

    Report

    Final score:
    8points
    Rebeldiamond
    Add photo comments
    POST
    charlineprin avatar
    Eline
    Eline
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, you too? Welcome to the club! Here, have a hot chocolate.

    Vote comment up
    6
    6points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #9

    Eating Raclette cheese.
    Spending Chritmas with my family.
    The Christmas market lights in the evening.

    Report

    Final score:
    8points
    Eline
    Add photo comments
    POST
    calyfansugarglider avatar
    Cowws
    Cowws
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    are you by any chance German? The only people I know who eat raclette are German, especially around the festive season

    Vote comment up
    1
    1point
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #10

    It’s just a little tradition, but every Christmas Eve my family drives around the neighborhood and look at the Christmas lights and decorations. When we get home, we each open one of the presents before Christmas day. I think we’ve done this since before I was born? Or maybe we started when I was a kid.

    Report

    Final score:
    8points
    Some Sort of Hyena
    Add photo comments
    POST
    hagenradcliffe avatar
    Hagen Radcliffe
    Hagen Radcliffe
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We did this when I was a kid, back when beautifully decorated houses & lights were special. But now, too many atrocious blow up cartoon characters instead of classic Christmas decorations. I sound old cause I am old!

    Vote comment up
    4
    4points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    Don’t want to see ads?
    #11

    I live in the Southern Hemisphere, so Christmas is in our summer. Cue: Santa in beach gear with a cool drink on the beach! Sleigh pulled by roos. Never seen a white Christmas! Anyway, we still have the tinsel and snowy Christmas cards but our winter is six months away, so sometimes people have Christmas in July parties so we get to eat all the heavy winter foods and dress in warm clothes when it's temperature appropriate. Apart from that, I like to snuggle up in a warm bed with a cat and a book in winter.

    Report

    Final score:
    8points
    WordWeaver
    Add photo comments
    POST
    kedgley68 avatar
    K- THULU
    K- THULU
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, fellow Aussie!! Not so much lateiy but as a kid in the 70s.... 45 degree C Christmas around the pool was pretty usual!!!

    Vote comment up
    3
    3points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #12

    Parking my pajama clad butt on the couch in front of the fireplace with snacks and cats purring by my side!

    Report

    Final score:
    8points
    Philly Bob
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #13

    Christmas...The Gift.

    Started this way too many years ago with one of my kids. Small present wrapped dozens and dozens of times with different layers. Tin foil, paper towels, clear tape, toilet paper, fabric, all manners of Christmas paper. Last years wrapped a few times then put in a plastic Easter egg, more wrapping, a box, then many more wrappings. Always finished off with bows and ribbons.

    The newest into the family (children's husbands/wives) are always initiated into the Family with The Gift.

    There is always something Really Great in The Gift, but any one, who knows about The Gift, doesn't want to get The Gift. It can sometimes take a good 30+ Minutes. And through all the layers and laughter, when it is all over and opened, everyone had a wonderful time.

    Christmas... The Gift.

    Report

    Final score:
    7points
    Microwaved Robot
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    Don’t want to see ads?
    #14

    My favorite winter tradition is celebrating the end of winter. I do this by pounding beer and running through the woods in my underbritches picking fights with the larger animals out here. Mainly fox, because they like to wake me up occasionally.

    Report

    Final score:
    7points
    Matt C
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #15

    ...it's approaching summer here downunder. That aside, I do like a good bushwalk wearing warm, hugging jumpers

    Report

    Final score:
    7points
    Cowws
    Add photo comments
    POST
    #16

    Aside from some of the common things like Christmas, and making a nice ham dinner for said day, the only thing I can really think of is mixing different type of liquor with hot chocolate.

    This is gonna sound weird, but hear me out. There's nothing quite as good (as an adult) for a cold winter night as mixing hot chocolate with red wine, or even a shot of vodka.

    Report

    Final score:
    6points
    CG
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #17

    My family all goes to this chinese restaurant called wing bo. The kids all watch the fish in the fish tank, the adults talk about work, the elderly and the teenagers just roll their eyes and gorge themselves on salt and pepper squid.

    Or, we'll all troop over to someones house and have lunch. Kid's will do something stupid involving water, we'll all complain about the heat, my aunt will get drunk, and my cousin won't talk to anyone for the entire meal. Then they all leave, and the hosts complain about how they had to have the family over this year, and how -insert relative here- has to do it next year.

    Fun times.

    Report

    Final score:
    5points
    OminousWiiMusic
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #18

    MIL & both SILs did the Black Friday shopping every year. Went with them once. Madness!

    We always have Italian food on Christmas eve, usually lasagna or spaghetti.

    As kids,we did a christmas play for our parents every christmas eve.

    We do stockings in a BIG way. There is always a little nerf type gun, special candy for each person, fun socks, weird stuff, bath stuff etc. Each person gets at least one thing for everyone's stocking. Love the dollar store for this! The stockings are usually overflowing

    Baking pies 2 days before Christmas with my mom.

    Report

    Final score:
    5points
    Brenda Spagnola-Wilson
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    Don’t want to see ads?
    #19

    Beer sledding! Put a case of beer at the top of a hill, sled down can in hand. When you finish your beer, voila, instant motivation to trudge back up the hill. Repeat til beer is gone or starts to freeze.

    Report

    Final score:
    5points
    PunnyPanda
    Add photo comments
    POST
    hagenradcliffe avatar
    Hagen Radcliffe
    Hagen Radcliffe
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At my age, all that I can think of is… OMG where’s the nearest potty!!!! Cold & beer = problems

    Vote comment up
    2
    2points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #20

    Napping and eating fresh, hot buttered popcorn in front of the television.

    Report

    Final score:
    5points
    Elizabeth VanDyke
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    #21

    Christmas socks!!! Every year my extended family and I "gift" socks to each other. We're starting to give and receive the most ridiculous socks lol This year I'm giving thigh high argyle ones and seriously can't wait for the ridiculousness!!

    Report

    Final score:
    5points
    Erica Knapp
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #22

    Snow-like window decorations. I love the paper cutouts the most

    Report

    Final score:
    4points
    Headless Roach
    Add photo comments
    POST
    #23

    The first day it snows I wait patiently for my husband to come home and yell "IT'S SNOWING!" in his face and then slam the door, like in the movie "Hook" lol

    Report

    Final score:
    4points
    Ches Yamada
    Add photo comments
    POST
    ADVERTISEMENT
    Don’t want to see ads?
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #24

    Christmas. Christmas is a tradition.

    Report

    Final score:
    3points
    DP(the first)
    Add photo comments
    POST
    #25

    For Yule every year we find a goose for salt at one of the local grocery stores.
    My sister wraps the goose in a bacon sweater and roasts it. It makes the amazing gravy for the mashed potatos.

    Report

    Final score:
    3points
    S Wu
    Add photo comments
    POST
    swu avatar
    S Wu (Submission author)
    S Wu
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is sale. Spell check and I have a hate/hate relationship and I could not figure out how to edit it.

    Vote comment up
    5
    5points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    #26

    Waiting for spring…

    Report

    Final score:
    3points
    Roester
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #27

    After a bad accident, I get panic attacks going out in the snow and rain. So I don't unless I have to. SO I make things. I like to make my gifts to other people. Crochet a lap blanket for older family and friends. Jewelry for the ladies. Resin Ornaments (yep and jewelry). My (infamous) pecan pie cookies are something EVERYONE wants. Except for the cookies I can make things all winter long.

    Report

    Final score:
    3points
    Panda'sMom
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View more commentsArrow down menu
    #28

    complaining about how its too cold and i want the hot weather and then immediately crying for the cold weather back the moment it hits spring

    Report

    Final score:
    3points
    dxisy xo
    Add photo comments
    POST
    ADVERTISEMENT
    Don’t want to see ads?
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #29

    Creating my own recipe Hot Chocolate for everyone. I've had people who have travelled the world tell me mine is the best they've tasted and around cold times like Christmas here in England I like to add a little bit of a Warm Kick to it like Ginger or Chilli or Cinnamon. I also bake a few cakes here and there such as my girlfriend's favourite My recipe Fererro Rocher Cake, My own recipe Fresh Mixed Berries Cake and a Fresh Orange Cake. Plus a few Dairy Free Brownies for my little cousin

    Report

    Final score:
    3points
    Christian Meier
    Add photo comments
    POST
    ADVERTISEMENT
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #30

    wearing fun pajamas and socks, watching some dumb christmas hallmark movie with hot chocolate

    Report

    Final score:
    2points
    delicious
    Add photo comments
    POST
    #31

    complaining about how its too cold and i want the hot weather and then immediately crying for the cold weather back the moment it hits spring

    Report

    Final score:
    2points
    dxisy xo
    Add photo comments
    POST
    #32

    Mine is probably just chilling around and playing some video games with friends. It's relaxing and everyone needs some chill time, super fun yelling at a screen with friends too.

    Report

    Final score:
    2points
    Ian Lee
    Add photo comments
    POST
    #33

    friends and i go get chick fil a and go ice skating all together for a few hours. it’s rlly fun.

    Report

    Final score:
    2points
    Elyce
    Add photo comments
    POST
    ADVERTISEMENT
    Don’t want to see ads?
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #34

    Taking Brutus Augustus (our rescue dog) to see Santa. Spending Christmas Eve with our family. Christmas Day with my husband and my dog. Having wine and cheesecake together Christmas night after spending the day in our pajamas.

    Report

    Final score:
    1point
    Mrs.King0315
    Add photo comments
    POST
    hagenradcliffe avatar
    Hagen Radcliffe
    Hagen Radcliffe
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My little rescue was named … Spartacus Tiberius Maximus. He was about 10 lbs., but thought he was a mighty warrior! 🥰

    Vote comment up
    1
    1point
    Vote comment down
    reply
    #35

    Champagne and Cornish pasties on the beach - in Northumberland.

    Report

    Final score:
    1point
    William Hamilton
    Add photo comments
    POST
    View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
    ADVERTISEMENT
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #36

    For Yule every year we find a goose for salt at one of the local grocery stores.
    My sister wraps the goose in a bacon sweater and roasts it. It makes the amazing gravy for the mashed potatos.

    Report

    Final score:
    0points
    S Wu
    Add photo comments
    POST
    apatheistaccount2 avatar
    Apatheist Account2
    Apatheist Account2
    Community Member
    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Repeat post - and copied the same typo, which I presume should be "a goose for sale".

    Vote comment up
    0
    0points
    Vote comment down
    reply
    #37

    Snowball fights and snowman building!!!! And sledding you know the basic stuff.

    Report

    Final score:
    0points
    Agent_fox77
    Add photo comments
    POST
    ADVERTISEMENT
    Don’t want to see ads?
    See Also on Bored Panda
    #38

    I love sledding down a hill in my neighbourhood! My friends and I usually make gingerbreadmen together too :)

    Report

    Final score:
    0points
    the one panda ^_^
    Add photo comments
    POST
    #39

    My mom, sister, and I have started a tradition of watching Little Shop of Horrors every Christmas

    Report

    Final score:
    0points
    Grudge-holding Treefrog
    Add photo comments
    POST

    Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing!

    Follow Bored Panda on Google News!