What is your most cherished family tradition?

Each year for Christmas my mom and grandma bought me keepsake ornaments, which usually reflected some event of the year: a girl on a swing the year I learned to swing, a picture of my new puppy in a frame, a cable car when I moved to San Francisco. Now I decorate our tree with all my ornaments from over the years and relive the memories.

This tip comes from Real Simple reader VANESSA DOYLE, Yorba Linda, California