Ahhhh Christmas at last!
I love Christmas morning at our house!
Growing up my family always opened Christmas presents on Christmas eve but I always wanted to open presents on Christmas morning like in the classic Christmas movies.
We have always opened gifts on Christmas morning and what a blessing it has been to watch our gathering grow.
What started out as just two of us has grown to sixteen counting 1, 2, and 3A’s.
We always start with the picture of the family on the stairs – many in their PJ’s.
When we had three, four, then seven, they often wore matching PJ’s just for the occasion.
Then we open presents by the tree.
That amazing Santa color codes everybody’s wrapping paper so you know just which presents belong to you.
The starting with the youngest and moving to oldest everyone opens a present while we all watch on.
It took three and a half hours this year!
There’s lots of food too.
This year Two, Two A, Three and Four made Mom cry when they gave her a necklace with an “L” for Lucy and a baby’s foot.
I was very pleased with my gifts…especially new running shoes.
Five received the Detox patch (as advertised on TV). Something she could use after a rollicking time at college!
Being the anal one I spent half an hour organizing the garbage and recycling. We have filled seven garbage cans and five recycling bins and garbage day isn’t for three days.
