It’s not the strangest, but it is the most loved tradition. I started it by accident when my youngest was little. I ran out of chocolate for hot chocolate around the holidays, and instead, I made hot vanilla, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and marshmallows. Every year after, my son asked me to make it instead of hot chocolate, so it became a family tradition every Christmas Eve to have hot vanilla.

Hot Vanilla Recipe

3 cups milk
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
dash of cinnamon
marshmallows for garnish