Let's see if I can get this in before midnight... when everything Christmas suddenly vanishes (XM radio holiday stations are already shut down which is really OK...once you hit the 20th version of Let It Snow, it's time to kill it).
This has been one of the best Christmases yet. I think it has something to do with not having the stress of visiting or traveling or needing to be anywhere for anything. This is the way to go, folks. Although it is always great to see family and friends and be festive together, Christmas at home is definitely my favorite way to spend Christmas. It may or may not have anything to do with my huge belly and being able to let it all hang out.
We started with Christmas dinner of steak, baked potatoes and green bean casserole on Christmas Eve (Josh rocked... slaving over the hot stove--which is welcomed in this cold Houston weather--while I cleaned up as we went along which I don't mind doing when we're in the kitchen together being a team). Afterwards, we read Luke 2 as a family -- 52 verses, so we each took turns reading 5 at a time and going around the table. Zack got to read the last two extra verses which he was so concerned about (he's Mister Gotta Be Fair Boy). Then the kids built a Gingerbread House while Josh read his Mom's Port A version of Night Before Christmas. Then we let the kids open gifts from their great-grandparents. I don't remember what happened next, but we were in the middle of something and Zack saw that it was almost midnight and ran to bed. He wanted to get to sleep so that Santa could come.
So while everyone slumbered, Santa got busy. I'll spare you the gory details because time is short. Suffice it to say that the next morning was a success. We prolonged the children's agony by making them eat breakfast first, and then we opened presents with the kids taking turns being an "elf" delivering a gift to someone. After everything was opened, which took an agonizingly long time because I was beginning to fall asleep, I noted that the thing the kids played with first was the little Nerf-like gun that Zack got Seth from the dollar store. After all Santa's efforts... it really only takes one dollar to make Christmas exciting. But the following seven hours were devoted to the new Wii games... so I guess we broke even.
One of my favorite things about this Christmas was watching Seth go to the little table next to the tree and play with the nativity set that Grandma Niki got them when we were living in Port A. She wanted the kids to be able to touch it and play with it, and that's what Seth did on Christmas Eve and the night before. So sweet.
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It sounds wonderful. Christmas at home is always the most memorable. I love just sitting back and watching the kids. And then sleeping as they play the new Wii games. We had a good Christmas. LYMY!
Thanks for making it a memorable one, babe! This one was definitely a huge one for us. 2007 was SUCH a good year to us, that I'm a little afraid of what 2008 might do to us. The universe has a way of balancing things out, eh?
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