Christmas Day traditions

I think this may be the last of my Christmas traditions posts... maybe! I'm sorry for anyone who has lost interest as I've posted SO many blogs about Christmas traditions. It's just that around this house this is our favorite time of year. And over the years we have created so many traditions that mean so much to us ... pretty much the whole month of December is dedicated to Christmas and remembering Jesus birth.

So here is the big day ... it's finally come ... Christmas Day!

The kids stayed up so late the night before that they actually slept in! So my Mom, Bob's Mom and myself were the first ones awake. We sat and enjoyed a cup of coffee (or two!) while we waited for the rest to wake up.
Finally J and my Father in law woke up ... J was so tired and just stared at all the gifts under the tree ...
After everyone woke up we all opened our stockings, one person at a time. We let the girls do theirs first and they were thrilled with everything they found inside. J is showing off her fleece scarf that I made the girls.
H waits patiently as each adult takes their turn opening their stockings.
Bob waits patiently for his turn ... After stockings we take a break from gifts and we go eat breakfast. Our tradition is to make a big egg casserole which we have with fruit and some type of sweet bread. This year I made Cherry Eggnog bread.

After breakfast we finally got down to the fun stuff ... the gift opening! We do gifts one at a time so everyone can see what is opened and who it's from. The big gift for the whole family was a new basketball net! It is huge, we can't wait to put it together! The girls enjoyed new chairs from Grandma and Grandpa ...
And fun new Lego sets - even if it did take 2 children and 2 adults almost 2 hours to build this house! =)

After gifts we spent time together talking and hanging around while my amazing hubby finished preparing an awesome meal. {He loves to cook.} We had a fabulous dinner together, then more visiting, then dessert, then some friends also stopped by to hang out and watch the Celtics game with us.

All in all it was a wonderful day. We are so blessed and so fortunate to be able to give and receive so many wonderful things. We are so blessed by family and friends and the gift of fellowship and laughter and love. We are so blessed by a great home and nourishing food. We thank you Lord for all the wonderful gifts you have given us, but most of all, for the gift of your Son.