A Christmas Tradition

The kids have one tradition they have always done at Christmas time.  They have always put a manger under the Christmas tree, and then, they place Baby Jesus in it on Christmas Eve.  We got a pretty wooden manger and cross at our church this year.  So, the cross was used to represent Baby Jesus.  Before going to bed, the kids carried the cross to the tree, and placed it in the manger.  The other thing that the kids were used to was to stay up all night on Christmas Eve.  In Colombia, they celebrated Christmas all night and then slept on Christmas Day.  Although we didn't let them stay up all night, we really want to preserve any traditions they have had before joining our family.