Christmas 2020 - Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve Day is sometimes a bit hectic, but it is always fun.

Lisa playing under the dining room table flanked by Millie and Rhett. Pepper is also under there; Blue may be, too.

We always decorate Christmas cookies sometime during the day on Christmas Eve. This year Vanessa baked a batch of gingerbread cookies while I made the dough for sugar cookies and Trinity cut them out and baked them.

From left and going clockwise: Mila, Julie, Ian, Vanessa, Lukie, and Kate.

Susie tasting the frosting that's on her fingers.

JC is such a good sport around his cousins.

Yummy!

Mila

Some of the finished cookies.

We went over to Curt's home for Arni's pizza for dinner and then other festivities.

JC was practicing to be the donkey in our Nativity reenactment but then suddenly everyone wanted a ride. Like I said, he's a good cousin.

Preparing to do the reenactment. Vanessa wrote a lovely program of words and song.

She gave us a few instructions and we began.

The little kids were so sweet.

Trinity got to be the angel. I'd call that typecasting.

She also helped distribute the gifts from the PJ Elf. (Who was JC - like I said, what a good cousin! They both are!)

Naturally all the kids had to put their PJs on.

So did the adults!

We ended the evening with me reading A Visit from Saint Nicholas.

We used the same version that my mother had when she was a child and then read to me and which I read to my kids. And, now my grandchildren.

Then it was home and to bed because Santa was coming soon!