Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. My mom comes every other year to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with us. This was our lucky year. We even convinced her to come a day early and stay two nights. The kids loved that. We had our traditional Christmas Eve junk food feast and movie marathon. This year’s lineup was The Nativity (aka Luke 2), Frosty the Snowman, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Prep and Landing, Mr. Krueger’s Christmas, and Miracle on 34th Street (the 1947 version). We tracked Santa on NORAD, made him some cookies, and left nine carrots out in the snow for the reindeer. I love how excited the kids get about the whole Santa thing.

We managed to get a fairly late start on Christmas morning again this year. Ben was the first one up at about 7:30, then Elise, then Emily. We finally woke Abby up at 8:15 so we could start opening presents. The kids got just about everything on their lists and were all very happy with their gifts. Nate and I got exciting things like measuring cups and $3 DVDs.

We spent the day watching new movies, playing Wii, and being lazy. It was lovely. We were hoping to follow the lead of the family in A Christmas Story and go out for Chinese food on Christmas day, but all of the local Chinese places were closed. We decided to make homemade pizzas instead. They turned out super yummy. I think it may be the beginning of another Christmas tradition.