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Countdown Traditions
Besides the thrill of posting your "Countdown" here, what do you do to celebrate the days ticking away? We have a weekly Disney movie night and I fill a jar with the appropriate number of candies, decorate the jar with Disney stickers, etc., and we all eat one a day. What are your rituals?
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Re: Countdown Traditions
The candy jar is a very cute ritual. Since I rarely have a countdown, and seem to go when I get the chance, our only ritual seems to be the big excitement the night before...and, of course, trying to NOT tell the kids - so they'll be SUPER surprised in the morning.
They usually figure it out, though.
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Re: Countdown Traditions
We also had a weekly Disney movie ritual when we went this past April. I needed to catch up on my Disney movies! Plus I bought Mickey Mouse bags and filled them with Disney related activities to do while we were traveling. I put a new item in each night when we were down to like a 5 or 6 days. My 2 DS got to watch the bags get full, but they couldn't see the contents until we were on the road!
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Re: Countdown Traditions
there was a thread like this back in april...I always make awall hanging with pictures and how many days left. I had attached a picture but I can't find it in my back posts....
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Re: Countdown Traditions
My DD and I do the standard countdown chain to count our days till our trip. Sometimes we do movie night, but it's been awhile since we have done that...not sure why actually.
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Mouse Meister
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Re: Countdown Traditions
We, like Dana, make a countdown chain. The kids decorate the strips of paper and then we put it together. It's usually a rainy day activity and they have a great time making it, they get very creative.
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Re: Countdown Traditions
When we go for Christmas time. We use the Christmas board that has __ days till Christmas but put ___ days to see the mouse.
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Big Cheese
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Re: Countdown Traditions
My dad and I have a tradition that starts about 2 weeks before our trip...at the end of every long work day we say "Are we there yet?". It doesn't end until we get to the hotel at WDW!
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Re: Countdown Traditions
I make a countdown to Disney calendar starting with 30 and each day rip off a number to see the smaller number below. I have always done this with the kids and then we do a little dance and sing "We're going to Disney. We're going to Disney. In __ days." Corny I know but we love it. I can't do it this trip since it is a big surprise for our kids, but I think I might do it by myslef just to eep up tradition and because I can hardly contain my excitement.
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Re: Countdown Traditions
We don't really have a tradition. I like to read reviews and make lists of things we want to do on the current trip.But it seems the lists keep changing every day.
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Re: Countdown Traditions
No countdown traditions here except the daily, "How many days???" questions. Now I'm inspired, though, and might have to think up something fun...!
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