Merry Christmas! I hope you all had a wonderful day with your loved ones. Christmas day at my house this year was a joyous event. My aunt, uncle, and gram all came over a few days before Christmas and spent Christmas Eve and day with us, along with other family members. We spent the days leading up to Christmas cooking large amounts of food, baking Christmas cookies (and icing them), and watching Christmas movies! Have I mentioned before how I love this season?!! As a surprise for my family, my brother and I bought Christmas pajamas to wear on Christmas morning. These were not your typical pajamas either. We bought onesy pajamas, the ones that zip up from the bottom. You know, the ones we use to wear as children when the weather turned cold? The expressions on my family's faces were priceless!
On Christmas day the whole family came over and ate a large dinner followed by dessert and the opening of presents. When the day was over we were all so tired, but happy. Having a large family, we are not able to get together as often as we would like since the families are spread out in locations across the states. Every year at Christmas though, we manage to come together and all bring love, laughter, and joyous memories to the day. From my family to yours, Merry Christmas.
As Augusta E. Rundel once said, "Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance - a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved."
Love Always,
Amanda
