On Christmas Eve, after reading Luke 2, we watched a beautiful portrayal of the Nativity. I felt spiritually ready for Christmas. Then we opened our annual Christmas pajamas and sat for a whole bunch of picture taking.
The rest of our Christmas Eve was fun because we watched movies as a family, but also late because we watched movies as a family. After we finally got the kids tucked in, Bryan and I jumped into making Christmas magic. This is what the Great Room looked like just before we went to bed in the wee hours of the morning.
One benefit of letting nearly everyone (Topher still had a proper bedtime) stay up late was that everyone slept in. That means Bryan and I got a little more sleep than we were expecting. Except for the part where Topher woke up at six in the morning because he was hungry. But after that we got more sleep.
Our family tradition is that the kids stay upstairs until they hear the Christmas music start to play, that's their cue to come downstairs.
Everyone enjoyed their stockings, then we paused the gifts to eat some cinnamon roles and smell the sausage egg casserole that was almost done baking. Then it was back to gifts!
"A tablecloth."
It's a shirt.
There were other fun gifts as well.
After a wonderfully peaceful (no bickering, no complaining) morning, we set to work preparing delicious food. We ate so late that we saved the desserts for dinner the next day.
Merry Christmas!
