Our tradition on Christmas Eve, when there wasn't a large family celebration, was to order Chinese food. This tradition goes back to my childhood, and Andrew was happy to adopt it when we got married. This year was a little different though. At my grandmother's celebration over the weekend, we had years ago gone away from having a traditional Christmas meal. There were years it was "finger foods" although this year there was BBQ pulled pork, potatoes, and mac & cheese. My sister decided that she didn't want to go all out with a big meal either, so today's meal with my mom's large extended family will be appetizers and desserts (definitely a fun way to spend the day!), which meant we would have to wait until next week with my in-laws for a big traditional meal. However, I had purchased a ham at the grocery last week because they had such good prices, and Andrew decided that we would go ahead and have a nice meal just the five of us after church last night. We even used the china plates, cloth napkins, and crystal wine glasses.
We spent the evening building a fire in the fireplace, and then we all sat down together to watch Charlie Brown. It is the one night of the year that the kids are anxious to get to bed, and I can't blame them. Christmas morning (and Santa) can't come until we've slept!
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