First let me say, how happy I am that the world didn't end today! We would most definitely have missed all the fun Christmas-y stuff and that would have been down-right depressing. So since we get to celebrate the holiday this year, these are my top 5 favorite things about the most wonderful time of the year.
1. Christmas Presents: I mean, who doesn't LOVE presents? As much as I like receiving presents, I love even more to give presents. Yes I've been complaining for weeks now about finding things for people, but it's all somehow worth the stress if you find the absolute perfect gift for someone special. I get more excited watching someone I know is going to love their gift opening it, than I do for opening mine.
2. Christmas Eve party with lots of Christmas-y desserts: We have been having a "family" Christmas party on Christmas Eve for as long as I can remember. I wasn't too excited about it the first year since it ruined the usual plans of getting ready for Santa by going to bed early (yes I was old even when I was little), but now I can't think of not having it. In the last few years, it's gotten even more crazy and chaotic with the addition of 3 lively little ones, but it's also gotten more fun, which brings me to number 3.
3. Having little ones (not mine personally yet unfortunately, but nieces) to share the holiday with: Christmas is just so much more magical when you're seeing it through a little one's perspective. Watching them tear through all the presents in front of them then, having snowball fights with stuffed snowballs, is too much fun! Can't wait to have ones of my own to spoil rotten (not like I don't spoil these little ones already).
4. Christmas Cookies: Each year for the Christmas eve party, my dad and I bake to our heart's content about a dozen different kinds of cookies, cakes, pies, etc. Of course, they never get eaten completely but they sure are yummy! The best part is getting to share in the baking with my dad. We sure make a mess but eating all the yummy cookies is definitely worth it.
5. Christmas Eve Mass: I will not claim to be the most religious person but attending mass on Christmas Eve, is always something we've done as a family. I've never been quite ambitious enough to try midnight mass so 4:00 suits me just fine. There's just something about seeing everyone dressed up in their Sunday best and knowing that it's just about time. Everyone just seems a little bit nicer and little bit calmer, all the more ready to celebrate.
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