So i grew up in a household that didn’t celebrate holidays for religious purposes. When i was old enough, I didn’t partake in the religion. We actually stopped attending when i was about 10 years old. Now that i have a daughter i want to start traditions. With the upcoming holiday season approaching, i would love to hear your family traditions. Some things i can google but hearing from real families, would be better.
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I love carving pumpkins on Halloween evening before doing anything else so we have a moment of calm before the chaos, and for Christmas eve we all open one gift (normally pj's or something cozy like a new blanket and a snack of some sort for our Christmas eve movie of the polar express), then we wake up early Christmas morning all in our Christmas pj's from the night before and we do stockings and gifts. We always get the pets stockings with toys and treats and we help them with their stockings before anyone else gets to theirs and the dogs get so excited. Also shortly after Thanksgiving we all go to the local giving tree at our mall and pick a kid that we shop for and get as much as we can for (not just the minimum), to encourage giving and community. I haven't had my kid yet, but these are what I did as I was raising my brothers, and when I have my own kid I plan to keep these traditions alive to teach them holidays are about family and time together not just food and gifts.

Yes makes sense and a great tip thanks. Do you have any particular apps you use for editing?