Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone!
It was a white Christmas for us here in Southwestern Missouri, but coooooold! Brrrrrrr! It was about 15 degrees today, and the wind was howling. Needless to say we did not go outside to play in the snow.
It was also kind of a humble Christmas for us. We did things a little differently this year. We didn’t put up our Christmas tree until the 24th. Heck, we didn’t even do any Christmas shopping until the 22nd. We opened the vast majority of presents on Christmas eve – St. Nicholas only brought candy and one toy – a “Little People” nativity scene for the two youngest kids (although the older girls still play with it too). Our Christmas day dinner is just a roasted chicken, with mashed potatoes, green beans, and some cranberry sauce. We didn’t have lots of family over, or go to their house either.
We tried very much to keep Christmas (the day of Christ’s birth) separate from all the other things that we tend to get caught up with in the holidays. Sadly, we weren’t able to go to Mass today – the roads were not in good shape, and Elizabeth was running a fever of 102, so we wouldn’t have gone regardless.
In any event, I thought it was a nice day…we’ll probably do it again this way next year too.
Once again, Merry Christmas to everyone!
Allena said,
December 25, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
it was pretty low key.
I liked it, but would have liked some pie.
I’m exhausted anyway, even from doing so little.
Only two – four weeks left of being worthless.