Matching PJ’s (and everything else!)
Christmas is the perfect excuse for staying in your PJs all day!

Carolyne and Jodi’s matching Christmas PJ tradition was started by their Grandmother Starling (maternal grandmother). She would sometimes buy them matching PJs but most of the time she would make each sisters a matching nightgown. Their mom updated the tradition to include matching PJ’s for all the family including them, their husbands and their children.

A few years later, Carolyne’s husband, Tony added to this family tradition by buying himself, Carolyne and their son, Oliver matching sweatshirts. He continues this tradition each year buying something matching – from shoes to plaid shirts!

Picking the Perfect Tree
When we were growing up, in early December our dad would take us sisters to the Kananaskis Forestry Range (permit in hand!) to cut down a Christmas Tree for not only our family but our neighbours and friends as well. We would walk deep into the forest to find perfect trees and deliver them to each person on our way home. Our Dad would put the tree up (it was sometimes so tall it required some fishing line to be tied at the top of the tree to the curtain rod) and clip multi coloured lights to the branches. Our mom would decorate the tree with bows, homemade sugar cookie ornaments, along with popcorn and cranberry garlands we had strung together.

Both Jodi and Carolyne pay homage to this tradition by picking out a real Christmas tree with their families every year.