It’s here, Christmas Day 2014. And yes, Santa Claus had come! Now before we get to the morning festivities, let’s visit the night before Christmas.
After a day full of rushing here and there, we finally were home together and began to get ready for our dinner. It was around 5:30 or so when Tom, Ali and Grandma showed up. Lori had been slaving away in the kitchen for what seemed like days, putting the finishing touches on dinner a dinner worthy of the finest restaurant. First up was lobster bisque followed by filet mignon with jumbo shrimp, accompanied by asparagus in lemon and butter with a great salad salad full of fresh baby lettuces with goat cheese and apples. Toss in some bread and my Mom’s 3 bean salad and we were set. We all ate so much we didn’t even get to the cherry pie.
Meanwhile our street outside was lined with luminaries or paper bags with sand and a lit candle. This has been an annual tradition on our street for over 10 years with every house taking part. I had started a campfire in the fire pit to keep us warm when outside and after dinner stoked it up again. We managed to get my Mom to come out front to enjoy the fire and then her and Lori and Jagger walked over to our neighbors of 50 years, the Rossi’s, who live across the street. They must have visited for an hour or so which was really nice while Tom, Ali, Ty and I were at the fire. Finally around midnight, err I mean 8:50pm, it was time to wind it down. But trust me, it felt like midnight.
Luckily I managed to get all the dishes pretty much done last night so we don’t have to deal with that mess this morning. It’s almost 8am and the fire is on and the kids have opened their stockings and Mojo is walking around all proud with his new squeaky stuffed elephant in his mouth. Our favorite movie, The Christmas Story, about a dysfunctional but loving family with two boys (hmm) in the late 50’s or early 60’s is on tv as it is every Christmas. It plays over and over from 6pm Christmas Eve until 6pm Christmas Day every year. I used to make my dad watch it and would point out the funny parts as I could repeat every single word verbatim.
Well time to run as the kids are getting restless and I need to get a cup of coffee and some breakfast down before the action begins. It was a great night with the family and could only be bested by having the rest of you here. So Merry Christmas to you all, we love and miss you all. It was a good night and I’m sure will be a good day. It’s a special time of year as it seems all people have that certain glow and kindness you don’t normally see. I think all people have these qualities inside but it takes Christmas to bring it out in everyone at the same time which is a special thing!
God Bless and Happy Birthday to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, we’ll call later today.