How can Christmas be over already? No matter how hard I try to slow it down, it always comes and goes in quite a whirlwind--although it's the very best kind of whirlwind.
My daughter arrived home on the afternoon of the 22nd, followed by my MIL, whose plane landed that evening. After that, it was a blur of activity, noise, laughter, boys wrestling, and of course, traditions!
A few days of annual must do's included:
- watching The Grinch, Home Alone, White Christmas, and It's a Wonderful Life
- taking our light drive with hot cider and cookies
- cut out cookies baking led by my husband on Christmas Eve morning.
- Christmas Eve (afternoon) service
- dinner in the dining room (Why don't we eat in there more often?)
- three pairs of matching Christmas jammies
- cookies and homemade hot cocoa for Christmas morning
- opening the wrapped stocking gifts
- exchanging family gifts
- working in the kitchen (this year it was beef stew and soda bread)
- playing a card game
- extended family dinner
- walking through the Festival of Trees
We continue being festive through to New Year's Day, including my daughter's birthday on the 30th and then my son's on January 5th. Whew! The whirlwind continues, and that makes me happy - I like it to last as long as possible!
Hope your Christmas season was full of joy, love, and your own family traditions.
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