honouring Nana and Poppa at Christmas time

[tan32]

This year is our first Christmas without my DH's Nana and his Dad who both sadly passed away within 4 months of each other this year.

Anyhow I would love to honour them somehow this Christmas.

Poppa used to decorate his house with Christmas lights every year, his lights have now been passed on to us and DH is busily planning the light display.
We are planning to have all our families over for dinner the night we turn them on for the first time. The lights have been a special tradition for Dh's Mum and Dad for several years and we know how much it will mean to her to see them again.

I was thinking about perhaps making a sign for out the front but I am really not sure how to word it , but perhaps could ask people to make a donation to the leukemia foundation.

As for Nana, we have been given a dinner set and serving plates which we will use on the party night.

Do you have any traditions or ways of remembering lost loved ones at this time?

Any suggestions about a sign and whether you think it would be ok or not ?

[smiles4u]

no suggestions with the wording of the sign but i wanted to pop by and say how beautiful that sounds to have the family over when the lights first go on and that you will have out that special dinner set to use too, ... it actually bought tears to me eyes as it sounds so special in honouring them your DH's Nanna & FIL

(we too lost our Gran and SIL the same year, it does make for an emotional first Xmas without them but Xmas also makes for a happy time to cherish the memories you have of them too !!)

i have a ceramic Santa Xmas candle that i've had for over 20years and when i put it our each Xmas i light it once and then blow it out in memory of all those that have since passed !

[AnyDream]

What a lovely way to remember Nana and Poppa.

You could also keep a space - either on the tree or on the mantelpiece in the room where you will all be gathering to celebrate - and have a framed picture of each loved one - decorated with tinsel or in amongst some lovely christmassy things - to include their memory during Christmas lunch.