I had so much fun linking up with Hayley & Lauren last week for The Girl Between the Lines I can't wait to do it again! This week everyone is sharing their favourite things about the holiday season.
I'll let the blogging world in on a little secret; I don't LOVE Christmas. Now before you close the window, unfriend/unfollow/delete me from your life just hold on a second while I explain. It's not that I don't enjoy Christmas and all the family traditions and festive spirit, but there are things that I enjoy more. And right now there aren't a whole lot of children in my life who are really into the whole Christmas thing so as sad as it may sound, a little bit of the magic is gone. I can't wait to someday have my own family and babies to celebrate the season with, but that's just not where I am in life right now.
I am thankful that my family has really great Christmas traditions. On Christmas Eve we all go to church and then to my aunt & uncle's house for finger foods. When all of us cousins were younger we would run around the house playing and being SO excited Santa was coming. These days we're all grown up (the oldest four have babies of their own) so there's a lot less chaos and a lot more wine. When we were little after we left there and went home brother & I would be allowed to open one gift under the tree. There was always a lot of painstaking present shaking and examination trying to decide which one to open. One of my favourite memories was the year Brother opened a package of batteries. He was not amused.
Christmas morning we wake up and open our stockings first! Then it's kind of a free for all opening presents, we have calmed down since we've gotten older though. After presents we have breakfast and then get ready for Christmas dinner. We do Christmas dinner with my Dad's side of the family and then after dinner we head out to my Mom's parents house for Christmas dinner leftovers from Mom's side of the family Christmas dinner. They have dinner a little later so we usually arrive just in time for dessert! Santa is also nice enough to leave all the grandchildren presents for us there too.
I know how lucky I am to have so many aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents and I'm so thankful that I get to spend time with them during Christmas. Even if it's not my most favourite time of year and I am already dreading answering the "Do you have a boyfriend?", "Have you met anyone yet?" questions. I hope and pray that someday soon I will have someone to take to all these family events with me and in the not so distant future my own babies will be running around the house on Christmas Eve. Because family really is my favourite part of Christmas!
Runners up to my favourite thing about Christmas include; Christmas Movies (National Lampoon, Charlie Brown, Elf & Rudolph) and Christmas Treats (gingerbread, candy canes, Coffee with egg nog). But in the end family comes first!
I think I feel ya, with the Christmas not being overwhelmingly amazing for me thing. I always hear people say it's their favorite time of the year, and I always think that most people either love Christmas a whole lot or they just don't HAVE a favorite time of the year. But for me, that's actually not true. I love fall the most. Then spring. Then Christmas. When I was a kid, my family never made a huge deal out of holidays. So maybe that's why. One day, when I have a family of my own, I might eat my words. We shall see. Great post! (Stopping by from the link-up.)
ReplyDeletesounds like you have a fun Christmas but agree that it's not the same without little kids running around getting super excited!
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Christmas is more fun with kids, but I'm one of those that will always "believe" in Santa Clause and so I love it so much. I hope it won't be long until you get to celebrate with kids again!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for owning up to the truth about Christmas;) It's okay not to LOVE it... we don't have any kids, either, to make it a huge deal, so it's just not the same!! It's great your Christmas traditions are so family-centered.... I love that!! Thanks for linking up again :)
ReplyDeleteI both love and dread Christmas time, haha. I think I can get overwhelmed with what I think I'm supposed to be doing. I can be a big kid myself, and it's hard enough keeping myself calm, so I have no idea what we're gonna do when we actually have kids.
ReplyDeleteI totally feel you about Christmas sort of losing it's "magic" as you get older. I look forward to the days when my little is old enough to enjoy it, but the memories take on a different shape as you get older! Christmas is still my favorite day of the year, but you are right that it just gets a little different! I love that you said it's "a lot less chaos and a lot more wine." hahaha
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