Actually, Christmas is tomorrow, but I’m not blogging tomorrow. So, Merry Christmas a day early!
I love Christmas! All the traditions, tasty food, fun presents, Christmas music, and time with family!
With all my cooking skills you’d think I would have a food tradition on Christmas. My family always ate grapefruit halves with maraschino cherries in the middle, corned beef hash, and poached eggs. Some years we may have had waffles or toast. And, of course, coffee. I still drink the coffee in the morning but only me and the 5yr old like grapefruits, I’m the only one who will eat corned beef hash, and only me and the 2yr old like poached eggs. So, no using my family’s traditions for Christmas morning food. I’m working on a new breakfast tradition for us, I just haven’t found anything that works yet.
The train set every Christmas morning I did get from my family. We have a rather large geo-trax set that we set up every Christmas Eve after the kids go to bed. (which is actually rather late after we go to the Christmas Eve service, eat dinner, and open our Christmas Eve present). And then we trip over the train track for the next two days until I put it all away to save it for next year. The kids love it and it keeps them entertained while I fix breakfast – because I like breakfast before we open presents.
We’re doing an advent calendar this year with the kids and really loving that. The kids are excited every night to see what’s in the next pocket and I’m happy that we’re reinforcing the Christmas story all month.
So, regardless of your Christmas traditions, I hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas!