One of the longest standing traditions in our family is the Christmas house mouse! The tradition started with TJ's Great-Great Aunt, who made a mouse for each child in the Parker family. She would use whimsical Christmas fabric and would embroider each kid's name onto the mouse.
Mice are prominent in many Christmas traditions across the world. In Norway, one of the most popular Christmas carols is Musevisa, The Little Mouse. Sweden has a similar carol, Mössens julafton, Christmas Eve for The Mice. However, the most similar tradition comes from France and has nothing to do with Christmas. La Petite Souris is a little mouse that visits French children all over the world, fetching their lost teeth from underneath their pillows, replacing them with candy or coins.
To celebrate Dylan's first Christmas, I made her a mouse. As the original pattern no longer exists, I recreated it. I will share this pattern and the step-by-step process in another post.
On Christmas Eve, I placed a chocolate mousse bar in TJ's mouse and a peanut butter bar in Dylan's. The mice were waiting at their bedsides on Christmas morning.
The house mouse tradition is so special in our family and we plan to keep sharing it with Dylan in the years to come. Does your family celebrate the holidays with a unique tradition?