8 Christmas's

Every year our family has quite a few Christmas's that we celebrate.  Some include Santa,
some include dinner,
most include singing Christmas carols,
some include presents,
and all include yummy food!

This year we attended 8 Christmas's.
1.  The Cyr Christmas (earlier post)
2.  Our own family Christmas
     a.  boots, almost "tween" bedding, Cars bedding, and Squinkies!
3. My immediate family (Schrag's)
     a. Pillow Pets, money, crafts! 
4. The Hanchett family Christmas (mom's side)
     a.  a Kindle, art maker set, and a Slinky dog!
5. The Childs Christmas
     a. Uno farm, stepping stone maker, a music game!
6. Chad's family Christmas + Santa gifts
     a.  clay pot maker set, jewelry kit, big dump truck and loader,     Cars scooter, MP3 players!
7. Lunch with my Schrag grandparents
8.  The Zerger Christmas
     a. the pictures are of my grandma and her brothers and sisters, and Gracie, Jada, and Sidney being so brave and singing for everyone there.  As you can see there are name tags.  That's how big this family is!
Whew~  so many to fit into one week.  
The pictures that follow are of Christmas's 2-8.  
Our kids usually open up Santa gifts and stockings with the clothes they had on the night before at the Childs Christmas because they fall asleep in the car on the way home.  They still have the, "I just woke up look," though.

I put Trey to bed tonight and sat and thought about how blessed we were this Christmas season.  We got a lot of "stuff" that we love and are happy to receive.  But, I have to say my first favorite part of this Christmas week was Sunday night (Christmas night) as we were getting ready to sit down with Chad's family, Gracie got up on a kitchen chair and read the Christmas story about Jesus's birth.  She did such a great job reading it to everyone.  It reminded me of when I was little and we would read it before opening presents.  
My second favorite part of this Christmas week was listening to each family (Childs, Schrags, Zergers, Hanchetts, Cyr's) sing Christmas carols.  They are such familiar songs, but mean so much to me.  
I hope you had a great Christmas!