Christmas Eve! From the time of my earliest memories, we've celebrated Christmas Eve with my dad's family, and it has grown to be my favorite day of the year. Family gathering together as twilight falls, eating shrimp cocktail and my mom's lasagna, marathon photo-taking sessions led by my Aunt Karen, all of it ending with the delicious anticipation of Christmas morning. Family members have been unfortunately lost over the years, but the blessing of new additions brings peace and joy to the season, along with the feeling of thanks for those we love so dearly.
As my precious little family grows, we're finding our own traditions as well. Christmas jammies opened and worn on Christmas Eve, an egg and crescent roll casserole baking in the oven Christmas morning, and I hope one day to add the reverence of midnight mass to our Christmas celebrations.
As you celebrate this season, I hope that Santa fills your stockings with those things we all hold dear - love, contentment, and the promise of a new year.
I hope your Christmas was just as beautiful as anticipated! And your Santa this year was awesome - I love his beard!
ReplyDeleteI love how we all have the chance to start our own little family traditions now!
ReplyDeleteI love that the Santa has such a regal, official throne to sit in.
Cute pictures!! I love the first one especially.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I hope we can get more good ones this year :)
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