Christmas trees, gingerbread houses and decorative light displays are some of the most common highlights of the holiday season each year. For some particularly enthusiastic parents, however, those sorts of traditions are…well, let’s just say quaint, pedestrian and basic.
Instead of settling for the run-of-the-mill, there are parents out there going all out: They spend hours, days and, in some cases, weeks pulling together elaborate or uniquely thoughtful holiday traditions.
Krystyna Cherkashyna via Getty Images For these families, labor-intensive holiday magic is totally worth the work.
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Sometimes it involves digging deep and reimagining what the holidays can really be about for your own family — which is less about the lists and things acquired and more about the experiences you have together.
Unsurprisingly, creating this magic still involves sleepless late nights, early mornings and messes galore, something many parents, and especially mothers will recognize.
HuffPost spoke with parents about their favorite magical holiday traditions and the extra miles they often go to to create that magic each year — and they shared which ones were totally worth the exhaustion.
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