Comments on: Christmas Eve Celebration

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:59:36 +0000

Amanda and I were so glad to have everyone over. It was so “cozy” in our little place, but I would not have had it any other way. I am just glad that we were all able to get together with Dad and Carol. We are still a little bitter about the thrown away cookies.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:02:18 +0000

Hi Madison – I’d love to see what your tree looked like – can you send pictures? (fromsingletomarried@gmail.com)

Melody – I bet you had some great photos with all of your bows! I tend to keep some of them because they’re just so pretty these days it’s hard to throw them away!

Susan – thanks, it’s good to see you. I’m sorry I missed the “tangerine” run – I think the last time I received some of your yummy tangerines was about 10 years ago. Of course it would help if I were back in Utah!

By: Susan Wood

Susan Wood — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:56:33 +0000

Your pictures are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! It’s great to see what you guys did for the holidays. We made our annual “tangerine run” to Utah after Christmas & saw family along the way.

By: Melody C.

Melody C. — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:09:08 +0000

Funny that Madison noticed the bow! So did I! Traditionally in our family, my sister and I end up covered in bows and ribbons from our gifts (and those we snag off other’s gifts!) We probably have some funny Christmas morning photos too!

By: Madison

Madison — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:57:18 +0000

We had those same dark blue, white, and silver ornaments on our tree. The only difference was the tree–ours was white. Your stepmom looks so funny with that bow around her head!

By: admin

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:35:10 +0000

WofOdie – ha ha, you’re so funny! Yeah, it seems pretty familiar, doesn’t it? And no, I didn’t know what Amanda’s cookies were thrown away. Good thing we had lots of pies to make up for it.

By: The Wife of Odie

The Wife of Odie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:46:21 +0000

P.S. Do you remember how Amanda liked those sugar cookies and I thought they were nasty and threw them away before realizing that she liked them? That was pretty sad once she went looking for them to have to tell her that they were in fact in the garbage…

By: The Wife of Odie

The Wife of Odie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:36:26 +0000

Let’s see…I typically go to my dad’s house, but this year we met up at my brother’s instead. And we typically get a honey baked home and then open presents, which will of course include something wedding-related. It sounds pretty familiar to yours.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:33:08 +0000

Hi Vered – welcome back from the holidays – hope you enjoyed the season!

Alzo – we did have a great time and I agree with you – wish we could turn the hand back a little and enjoy some more time off!

Melody – it sounds like you had a wonderful Christmas Eve! It also sounds like you have some great traveling opportunities over seas. But I understand about missing traditions too – it’s hard to be away from them sometimes.

By: Melody C.

Melody C. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:38:02 +0000

My husband and I spent a quiet Christmas Eve at home. Living overseas and far away from family, we’ve traveled the past two years, first to Italy where we had Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas Day dinner with Mr’s former landlords (there is no language barrier when food and drink is the theme!) Last year my sister came from California and spent Christmas in Portugal with us. The focus was again on food (both Portuguese and Spanish) and sightseeing from the southwestern tip of Portugal to Gibralter and Jerez, Seville, and Tavira between.

I’ve never had a single Christmas Eve tradition but generally it involved time with Mom and stepdad, dinner at home or out, an evening church service singing lots of carols, and the opening of one gift late at night. I do miss that and hope that when we return to the states we can establish a new family tradition.

Happy New Year!