This past weekend we celebrated Christmas with our extended family and it was great. We got to enjoy mom’s home cooking, presents, relaxing, cornhole, gingerbread train making (kind of) and lots of just catching up.
This was a bittersweet celebration as it was probably the last family get together for the holidays we will have for the near future. There will be gatherings again but the timing of them is unknown.
Christmas has always been my mom’s favorite holiday. I have many memories of decorating the house while her Christmas records (yes, records) played. While Mom decorated the inside, Dad was always working away outside with the lights. I have more memories about traditions we had around Christmas than any other holiday. St. Nick, the decorations, making cookies or pies, sleeping in to purposely drive my brothers crazy on Christmas mornings :)
For this past weekend it was a pretty perfect Christmas for me. With all of the traditions and holiday hoopla we can get caught up with I was very grateful for my family and being able to spend time together. I love my brothers, my sister in laws, my nieces, my daughter, my husband and my parents. This was the tradition I was most grateful to have, to spend time with each other.
Merry Christmas
It really was a wonderful Christmas. It was great to have everyone together. Love ya
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