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Originally Posted by AGDee
Tonight, Festivus, is Christmas Eve at my house.
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Please tell me there will be an airing of grievances and feats of strength!
For the longest time my family hosted Christmas Eve at our house with my dad's side of the family and my mom's grandparents hosted Christmas Day with that side of the family. It worked out pretty darn perfect.
But time has passed and there are fewer family members with us so things have changed. Christmas is different every year now, but that's ok with me. On more than one occasion my family has hosted both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, because my mom is basically the crazy Target lady and loves Christmas, even though she makes herself nuts with preparations! lol My brother, dad and I help out as much as possible, of course.
One tradition that has not faded, however, is the Polish
oplatek!
Now that I have another family in the mix, it has definitely shaken up Christmas even more (but in a good way)! My fiance's family always goes to his mom's cousins house for Christmas Eve. This is always interesting because his mom's cousin is an older gentleman and a retired doctor who lives alone. Needless to say he has some money to spend and he does so in interesting ways. Every year he has a themed Christmas tree...and no it's not just a matter of buying new ornaments and decorations. One year was an upside down tree. Another year was a 3 piece string trio instead of a tree. One was a tree made completely of poinsettias. So that's always interesting. The only thing is I'm getting used to it being more of a formal Christmas (I'm used to wearing nice jeans and a cute sweater for our Christmases).
His parents usually host Christmas day and invite the rest of their family who did they not see on Christmas Eve. This year it's a tacky sweater party (which reminds me I need to find mine...)