Christmas Day!
Ah, it was a nice day! The first gift was- I slept until 9:30!!!! Gone are the days where the kids wake us up at dawn, phew. We all got up and opened presents! We like to open them one by one, although the kids have more than the adults so by the end it’s just them taking turns. Highlights for me included my Christmas book flood: My son also brought home the second and third books of the Cixin Liu trilogy, and is insisting I read them right away. And, my library hold on The Wedding People came through a couple days ago, and I have to read that first since it’s a library book. Phew! I think I should take the week off of work and just read (heh heh.) My son got me this: i literally gasped when I opened it, and tears came to my eyes. He put together a photo calendar with pictures of our family (and lots of photos of the cats.) What an amazing gift! Here’s one of his favorite gifts: It’a a blanket with photos of both our cats on it. He loves it, and is going to take it back to school with him. He really misses the cats when he’s away! Breakfast for the family was cinnamon rolls: And I had oatmeal. But I put gingerbread spices in, and added toasted pecans and Lily’s (sugar free) chocolate chips. I read on the couch for a while and then dozed off. I love a good couch nap! When I woke up it was time for the Christmas charcuterie board: …and then we watched a little football. We never, ever go anywhere on Christmas Day. The days leading up to Christmas are always so crazy, it’s a relief to just stay home and relax. Later in the afternoon I made dinner: We always have lasagna for Christmas dinner, with garlic bread and this year, Brussels sprouts (my daughter had a salad instead of the sprouts.) After dinner, the Christmas chaos that originally looked fun and festive started to look depressing… I cleaned it up (well, partially- I threw away the trash and shoved all the gifts back under the tree, to be dealt with another day.) And then, I had to fight off that sad, sad “Christmas is over” feeling. But no! This is just the FIRST DAY of Christmas, right? We’ll still have festive food, more cookie baking, and even more presents, because I got several gift cards (REI, Old Navy, and Bath and Body Works.) Let the festivities continue! Do you like to go somewhere on Christmas Day, or stay at home? Do you have a traditional Christmas breakfast?