| Most Christmas scrapbooking ideas stress the | | | | point of over-decorating, but his or her house is always |
| importance of tradition. Clearly, Christmas traditions are | | | | visited by the neighbors. Some scrappers might be the |
| the easiest subject matter of scrapbook albums. After | | | | person who actually does all the decorating, and it is |
| all, every family has their own tradition, and the | | | | worth these ideas in a page. |
| individual ones are often the ideal choices for custom | | | | Another Christmas tradition that may not even be |
| photo albums. | | | | realized is the way trimmings are taken out every |
| Scrappers and their families need to think about their | | | | year. Many families keep their holiday decorations in |
| own personal traditions, which make for ideal subject | | | | their basement, attic, or garage, and pulling them out |
| matter for holiday scrapbook albums. Some traditions | | | | every year is sort of something of a tradition in and of |
| have their roots back so far, that the family may not | | | | itself. Surely an event like this would make great |
| even be aware that it is a tradition. | | | | subject matter for a special scrapbook. |
| For example, the tradition of opening presents. Some | | | | Christmas firsts are always pretty important. This is |
| families open presents on Christmas Eve while | | | | often where tradition gets formed. For example, every |
| everyone is gathered, some only open one present on | | | | time there is a new addition to the family, it is the |
| that evening, and others wait until morning. One could | | | | obvious choice to make a "Baby's First Christmas" |
| easily make a scrapbook page out of that. It might be | | | | page. The same applies to a first December 25th in a |
| a good excuse to get the camera and list when | | | | new place. |
| everyone else just wants to rip off wrapping. | | | | Of course, opening presents and decorating a |
| Other ideas include the "trimming of the tree". If your | | | | Christmas tree is something that most families will |
| family gets a Christmas tree and decorates it every | | | | partake in on that special day. The scrapper may need |
| year, then every ornament probably has some | | | | to completely rack his or her brain in order to get more |
| memory attached to it. Perhaps each ornament is a | | | | original scrapbook ideas. Therefore, one has to simply |
| reminder of some Christmas past. Simply taking | | | | ask oneself: "What is it that other families do every |
| pictures of ornaments and writing simple text about | | | | year at Christmas time?" It can be something |
| them is one of the easiest of Christmas scrapbooking | | | | seemingly mundane, such as watching a movie after |
| themes. | | | | dinner. It could also be something very unique, like an |
| Decorating the house is always an important | | | | oversized stocking that hangs by the fire. Every family |
| Christmas tradition.. It seems like every neighborhood | | | | has different traditions, and the more unusual, the more |
| has some person on the block who decorates to the | | | | interesting the photo albums are. |