Christmas

This is the first Christmas party we had at our house and it was spent with my siblings and family.  We each buy 10 $2 gifts and then play a game and chose from the pile which presents we want.  The picture doesn't show them well but there are 90 presents in that pile of gifts.  We have a good time without spending a ton of money.  We don't know what anyone is buying.  Last year it seemed everyone seemed to buy air fresheners and this year it was Glad storage containers.  When the game is over then we go around the room 5 times and you can trade something you got that don't have any use for  with someone that has something you want.  We call it stealing but we actually trade so everyone goes home with 10 gifts.  We sat around and did this after we had a meal of ham and turkey with roasted vegetables and of course some Christmas goodies.

 We spent Christmas Day with Troy and Alec and didn't get any pics.  Then on the 28th we celebrated our family Christmas.  Seemed we had presents all over the living room.  This time we opened our gifts in the morning and later had a dinner of ham and scalloped potatoes.  I put out a spread of cheese, sausage, crackers, veggie pizza and Christmas goodies for snacking most of the day.  We spent the whole afternoon playing 500 for prizes.  As you can see everyone has a different beverage of choice.  Later in the day we did open a couple bottles of wine.  It was a great holiday.

We did not forget the reason for the season was to celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus.  Love to all.