Newlywed Christmas Traditions

In class the other day, we discussed Christmas traditions and how they change (ideally) throughout your life time.  When you are a child, your Christmas traditions are those which your parents chose to keep from their childhood along with ones that they added in new for your family.  Then, when you form your own family, most couples want to continue on with the Christmas traditions that they grew up with, but what should really be happen with a new family is the formation of NEW traditions.  New couples should form their own family traditions apart from the traditions of their families.  By doing this, they not only set boundaries from extended family members, but they are able to grow closer together as a couple.  Then as children come into the picture, traditions again change as Santa Claus, etc. is brought into the picture.  Then, as those kids grow up and get married, the process starts again.  I personally think that this lesson was one of the most important that we have learned this past week, because it is one that we will probably all encounter difficulties with somewhere along the way.  I appreciated this advice.