Christmas Eve has always been a really special time for me and my family. This is when we read the Christmas story, open stockings, and beg to open up the presents! (though my mom would never let that happen) :) Thankfully, this Christmas my Grammy and my Uncle Marc were able to come up from Fort Myers and spend some time with us through the holidays.
As my friend put it...."Only a big family has the problem of not fitting all the gifts under the tree!" :)
A couple of years we started the tradition of having tons of snacks on Christmas Eve and not having an actual meal. All of us really enjoyed that and got to pick some of our favorite snacks to have. And lots of sodas and sweet tea, of course!
Another tradition we started was a Jesus stocking. Every Christmas we give gifts to Jesus. It could be something like reading your Bible through in a year, or giving up a habit, or keeping your attitude in check, ect. Then the next Christmas we open up that stocking and see if we have been indian-givers or not. Several times it has been discouraging when we haven't done what we said we would, but then other times we are so excited to share what we gave to Jesus and haven't taken back!
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