Christmas Eve 1996: I worked at a pharmaceutical company 45 minutes away from our seminary apartment and had to work from 10am to 7pm, so when I got home Brad had a sweet, romantic dinner waiting for our first Christmas together. It was a tray of crackers, cheese & Hillshire farms summer sausage. Awww.... We watched "Christmas Vacation" and laughed out loud before anyone had ever heard of an LOL.
Tonight we have a tray of these same snacks, but also have added for our growing family, especially the boy....pizza rolls, jalapeno poppers, mozzarella sticks, chips & dip, apple cider...and of course cookies, so we can save some for Santa.
We open presents from each other. The kids bought for each other yesterday and couldn't wait to exchange them, so they did theirs yesterday. I loved that they were actually excited to GIVE! They usually open stockings and Santa comes Christmas morning, but we couldn't wait to do stockings so we did that tonight too. (We're not big on the strict rules of traditions, just enjoying the holiday and each other.) I hope you make some new traditions this year.
So although it's been said many times, many ways....Merry Christmas to you. 2010
