Christmas Eve

Hello everyone!! It is only an hour until it is officially Christmas. Today we spent the evening with my dad's side of the family. We went to my grandparents, had dinner, opened presents from them, gave them presents and just had some fun spending time together. I got to see my little cousin, who is five and who I absolutely adore. I love chasing her around and tickling her and nothing is better than a cute little kid hug :-)

One of our Christmas traditions is to do a raffle type thing. Each person draws a number. There are random presents (from the hostess) wrapped up and enough for each person to get one. If you drew #1 you choose a present first. Than, whoever has #2 can either choose a new present for themselves or steal the previous person's present and so on. We always have a lot of fun with this and there is always one silly present that everyone wants! This year there was a variety of ornaments. A couple years ago there were books, which was my favorite I think. What are your Christmas traditions?

When I was young, we used to spend Christmas morning and brunch with my dad's family and than spend the evening and dinner with my moms family. I remember being over-loaded with presents and having tons of crafts to make a huge mess with. I kind of miss those days, it was fun having SO much to do. But I suppose it was much more hectic for my parents. The last few years we have seperated the two families into Christmas Eve and Christmas day celebrations. I think this is a nicer way to do things, there aren't as many people all at once and you can enjoy everyones company more.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season and enjoying time with loved ones.