Dress code for Christmas

Hectic times, that's the way I describe life now a days. People are running everywhere. Schedules are so tightly packed that going from one appointment to another. Life can seem like a NASCAR race on the highway. Instead of slowing down and relaxing we seem to be speeding up and stressing.
Well at least I think most people do. I am guilty ... Ex specially this time of year.

I wise man told me once that stress is very high from Thanksgiving to the first of the year, then you have a year to look forward to it all over again.

So with all that being said...

A Christmas eve tradition in my family for as long as I can remember,
was to get new Christmas pajamas to wear to bed. So you be ready and wake up in them on Christmas morning and spend Christmas day in them.

So this Christmas this was going to be I little different, I was going to share my tradition. We had company this Christmas and who better to pass this tradittion on to.Ralph, WOR, DOR, SOR, SILOR, myself, our 15 year old and our 8 year old all received Christmas pajamas(AKA The Christmas Uniforms).

I explained to them all the reason behind this, and they all seem to go along with it. At least at first. Then a member of the family said we need to wear our Christmas uniforms to the mall for our family portrait.... Then there was allot of ohs ums and ahhs.

The option of wearing pajamas in public didn't exist just a short time ago. To do so was considered crass and unacceptable. Times have changed and with that so has the dress code...

Dress code is used loosely as that type of talk usually only applies to work atmospheres and court. If you are heading out you don't necessarily need to check the mirror. You can do a quick once over and make sure nothing indecent is showing and shuffle off to do your business. If you want to leave your curlers in, go ahead. Hair sticking up, who cares? Just be yourself unless you got someone to impress. If that's the case then you are probably reading the wrong blog.

Basically you need to use discretion when wearing these ultra comfy pants. Be tasteful yet be relaxed. There's no need to grab a pair of jeans and polo shirt to head over to the grocery store or take family portraits on the weekend. Just for Pete's sake don't wear anything revealing or trashy.Even if it makes for a good post. This is abusing your pajama wearing rights.

Pajamas are not going to become the norm in wear (although sometimes you'd swear that was the case). If done tastefully there should be nothing wrong with sporting a little flannel on a chilly day after Christmas morning. When you venture out, you'll be surprised to find you aren't the only...OK Maybe for family portraits...

I did not mention that the new pajamas had not been washed since they were put on. So two and a half days and then to the mall ....

This is truly been a tradition that will live on for life times.

Happy Holidays from our family to yours !