What are your favorite Christmas traditions?

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Employee News
December 13, 2022

This year Christmas falls on Sunday, December 25. There are many ways it is celebrated. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? What are your favorite holiday-related recipes? Share below!

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—As a child, we all gathered at my grandmother's house to open gifts on Christmas day. One of my favorite parts was singing the 12 days of Christmas as a family. It was always a race to line up to see who got to sing the coveted "5 Golden Rings!"

—Going to Christmas Eve service at Church

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