Christmas Eve

Since Jon and I have been married, my family had been spending Christmas Eve at our house. Jon grew up eating enchiladas on Christmas day, and I grew up eating ham. We normally eat Christmas dinner at my parents house, so we've taken Jon's enchilada tradition and moved it to Christmas Eve. This year, my parents and Patrick came over to spend the evening with us. We had a great time celebrating.

Jon tried to get out of "Santa" duty by falling asleep with Nash. Hehe.

I begin shopping for Christmas 364 days before the big day. I had about 85% of my Christmas shopping for the kids finished by Thanksgiving, which is great. I buy things when they're on sale or clearance, and save them all year long. It's lots of fun and saves me lots of money. I, however, wrap pretty much nothing before Christmas Eve, and I wrap almost EVERYTHING individually (socks, undershirts, etc.). We had a pretty late night, but we had a great time putting things together and getting it all ready for the morning.