It's Christmas Eve! It hardly seems like Christmas to me because of the odd holiday season that I have had. I love Christmas Eve because I always know exactly what will happen. It has happened almost every year for the past 10 years at least. I am a creature of habit and I'm not fond of change so this suits me just fine.
On Christmas Eve, we wake up and anxiously await lunchtime. We eat lunch at my in-laws house and have all of the fixings. It is my little family of four, my in-laws, my sister-in-law and her hubby and in the past few years we have also had his mother over. It makes for a crowded table but we enjoy it. After lunch, we do any number of things, watch t.v., nap, etc. until it is time for Christmas Eve Mass. We always go to the children's Mass but I'm sure as the kids get older we will start going to the Midnight Mass which is my favorite. After Mass, we come back to my in-laws and open presents. My father-in-law gives the adults money every year and he loves coming up with ways to wrap it to see if we can find it. This year was no different. He had my mother-in-law make false bottoms in our gift bags and hid the money there. Once all the presents have been opened, we hang out awhile and then head home so we can leave cookies and milk for Santa. It really is a day like anyone else would have on Christmas Eve but we never stray from the plan and I am thankful for that.
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