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My family is amiable, so we have great family traditions that we all love and support. Shared traditions are interesting and exciting activities or features that are maintained year after year. They are different in every family.

We have developed a wonderful and exciting tradition due to the specifics of celebrating New Year’s Eve. For a whole month, we draw cards with the dates of the last month of the outgoing year, beginning with December 1 and ending with December 31. We hang these cards on a long string in the living room, decorating each one with original drawings. We draw different winter themes: snowflakes, a Christmas tree, snowmen, Christmas toys, frosted windows and so on. When all the brightly coloured date cards are in their place of honour, the fun begins.

Each card contains a specific task that must be completed on the day the number is marked on it. For example, on December 1, the family draws pictures on a winter theme, on December 2, we make homemade Christmas tree decorations, and on December 3, we play Christmas games. In addition, there are such exciting tasks: to cook together with mum and grandma a festive cake, decorate your room for the holiday, cut out snowflakes and stick them to the windows. There are also tasks to do outside: make a snowman, take a walk in the winter forest on skis, go to the skating rink with the whole family, make a snow fort and play snowballs. This is how every day of the month goes.

My family and I love this exciting tradition, and we do it every year. And the anticipation of the New Year becomes for us a fabulous, unusual and wonderful holiday. Such warm and kind traditions are sure to unite any family, bring kindness and friendship to our relations. So the dults briefly return to their childhood.