P365 - 2016 -Day 359 - Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is really my favorite part of Christmas. It's not flashy or overly exciting, but there is an anticipation in the air and a feeling of calm. It's about traditions - both old and new. Those we were raised with and those we raised our children with. I love that at almost 14 and 11, these three still revel in all of those traditions. It's about time spent together. Since the kids were little, this has been the time to open sibling gifts and I love the excitement that they have for the giving as much as for the receiving. Over the years, we have downsized the traditional feast of the 7 fishes and compromised a bit with what we serve - the kids prefer their fish fried, so even though I now eat fish, I still don't really eat it on Christmas Eve. Someday maybe we will go back to preparing all of the fish... maybe, who knows... but for now, ordering in some different fish has become our new tradition and it just works. The night ended with another year of these three wanting to all sleep in the same room and while the raucous laughter was quite a bit louder and later into the night than when they were little, it makes me smile that they still want to do that - that's a tradition they created themselves. Finally, when the laughter settled down upstairs, My Wonderful Husband and I settled in for It's a Wonderful Life and a toast to those no longer here before settling down for a long winter's nap.....
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