Family Party: 2005
We are just like most families...we like a party on Christmas Eve. Only difference is, these last few years we have been away and have not been able to be together during this time. For as long as I can remember, there has been a Christmas celebration with a majority of family. So the years that we have not been able to do this have been tough. 
An hour before we met as a family, Mick and I went to the sidewalks near a street corner and waved to cars passing by. Some of our family parked in a nearby parking lot and watched us as we greeted children and their families who came around to meet us. 
Later, back home there was an air of festivity. Several in our family wore hats of the holiday. There were Mr. and Mrs. Santa hats, an elf hat, and deer antlers. We had a potluck snack for our feast. We had drawn names and opened the presents after they had been passed out. 
Santa did the presentation that he does when we visit other people's homes. He showed them the disappearing red scarf trick as he explained how Christmas spirit can just disappear when we don't do what we should to keep it alive, and what can be done to help it return. The red scarf represents the Christmas Spirit. He explained to them the meaning of JOY. And of course we had a Rudolph. I read the book I Believe In Santa Claus by Diane G. Adamson, illustrated by M. Chad Randall. 
The night before we had a huge sleepover in our house. We watched videos of when the children were growing up and laughed and laughed. We had lots of visits going on here and there. It was a wonderful time to reconnect and share of ourselves with others. 
Mick and I are so grateful for our posterity. If we could decide on one thing that is the best about life it would be the love in our family. No one prepared us for how great it would be to have adult children. To watch them be parents to their own children is amazing. One of our grandchildren had little shoes on like in the Wizard of Oz. I keep thinking of Dorothy clicking her heels and saying, "There's no place like home. There's no place like home." How true.
Mrs. Claus
An hour before we met as a family, Mick and I went to the sidewalks near a street corner and waved to cars passing by. Some of our family parked in a nearby parking lot and watched us as we greeted children and their families who came around to meet us. 
Later, back home there was an air of festivity. Several in our family wore hats of the holiday. There were Mr. and Mrs. Santa hats, an elf hat, and deer antlers. We had a potluck snack for our feast. We had drawn names and opened the presents after they had been passed out. 
Santa did the presentation that he does when we visit other people's homes. He showed them the disappearing red scarf trick as he explained how Christmas spirit can just disappear when we don't do what we should to keep it alive, and what can be done to help it return. The red scarf represents the Christmas Spirit. He explained to them the meaning of JOY. And of course we had a Rudolph. I read the book I Believe In Santa Claus by Diane G. Adamson, illustrated by M. Chad Randall. 
The night before we had a huge sleepover in our house. We watched videos of when the children were growing up and laughed and laughed. We had lots of visits going on here and there. It was a wonderful time to reconnect and share of ourselves with others. 
Mick and I are so grateful for our posterity. If we could decide on one thing that is the best about life it would be the love in our family. No one prepared us for how great it would be to have adult children. To watch them be parents to their own children is amazing. One of our grandchildren had little shoes on like in the Wizard of Oz. I keep thinking of Dorothy clicking her heels and saying, "There's no place like home. There's no place like home." How true.Mrs. Claus
posted by Mrs. Claus at 6:39 PM
1 Comments:
it was "almost" a perfect night.
"quarreling cousins"
sorry
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