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Day 359 - Christmas Eve
Monday, December 29, 2008
We have a Christmas Eve tradition that we follow. The day begins with Jeff cooking a huge ham and egg breakfast complete with hash browns and Grands biscuits. I don't even remember why this tradition began, but we've done it for years. We actually had an interesting revelation this year as we were joking about the significance of celebrating the birth of a Jewish man by eating ham. It got us thinking about Jesus' death beginning the New Covenant. We can now say that there's actually a meaning behind our tradition! (other than the fact that we really like ham!) After our big breakfast, we generally watch a couple of Christmas movies - "A Christmas Story" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." We play games and spend time as a family. For dinner, we usually make homemade pizzas (or something equally fun and easy!) Following dinner, we open presents from one another, then grab some hot chocolate and drive around listening to Christmas music and looking at Christmas lights. When we get home, we read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' and the story of Jesus' birth from the Bible, and then it's bedtime for the kids and Jeff and I get some alone time. It's a nice, calm day before the chaos of Christmas Day.
This year, we did things a little differently. Since we bought a Wii for the kids, we wanted them to have a chance to play with it. We opened the presents immediately following breakfast. We didn't get a chance to look at lights or watch one of the movies, but we did have a fun family day, and we still celebrated the birth of Christ, so I guess that's all that really matters!
Name: Amy Home: Indiana, United States About Me: I am a Homeschool Mom of 2 awesome children. This is my attempt at Project 365 - to chronicle our world through daily photos... See my complete profile
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