Finally. All those weeks of spiritual and temporal Advent preparations culminate in a glorious Christmas Mass, Christmas feasting, Christmas gift giving, and family time.
big brother helping with a necktie
the first cookie platter
We're very traditional, dad reads The Night Before Christmas
After Christmas Eve dinner, the children exchange their Secret Santa gifts. We had a couple pairs of kids who got each other this year. :)
Lydia got Monica
Maria got Regina
Dominic got Maria
Regina got Kevin J.
Blaise got Alex
Monica got Lydia
Alex got Blaise
Kevin got Dominic
Advent calendar
putting Baby Jesus in the manger
the other Baby Jesus
hanging stockings
a Christmas Eve visit at Grandad and Grandma's house
Midnight Mass
the tree and the stockings are loaded for the morning
So, Bridget, did you cross stitch all those lovely stockings? I am sure you just whipped up the next stocking in your spare time as each child was born. Right?!
Posted by: Judi | December 31, 2014 at 08:31 PM