We spent Christmas with my family this year in Hot Springs, Arkansas. We arrived very late on the 23rd so Christmas Eve we woke up and got to say hi to our niece and nephews, and have some nicely prepared biscuits and gravy. We spent the day visiting and Madelyn really enjoyed playing with her cousins. Antonio was so nice and even fed her applesauce. Christmas Eve we went to Mass as a family and when we got home all the kids changed into there matching pj's and we started to enjoy some of the same Christmas traditions that I did as a kid at my Papa's house. We all gathered around and sang Christmas carols, and in case anyone was wondering we did also sing Happy Birthday to Jesus. I always thought that this was one of the sillier things we did at Christmas time, but now that I am a parent I think it is probably a good way for the kids to understand what Christmas is really about. After we were through singing we read the Christmas story from the bible, and took breaks to make sure all the pieces got to the Nativity set. Aunt Jennifer read us The Night Before Christmas and then Antonio & Thomas wrote a note to Santa and left him some cookies and strategically placed the reindeer food so that Santa would now where we were since there was not a fireplace. Thanks Antonio for making sure he knew where we were!
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