Christmas

Hmmm... Christmas. Our Christmas changes a little every year. Every year someone in our extended family hosts Christmas Eve, (an aunt, our grandparents, etc.) Never us, though. We don't host. We rarely even attend.. When all of us kids were younger and before we moved to Oregon, we would go where ever the party was, exchange gifts, make cookies, and just hang out with family before our big feast of a dinner. The extended family still does it every year. But alas, we did move and we aren't so young anymore, so we stay home. It is easier, less expensive, and hey... we don't really like our family too much.

We're definitely the outcasts of our family, but that's okay. We have our own traditions now. My Dad usually has to work Christmas Day so we'll either open presents the night before or wait until he gets home. Christmas Eve is usually uneventful. We might have a nice dinner or something, but it's pretty relaxed. We still make the rounds with the extended family, just not on the day of, it's usually a few days after. We still get the mountains of cookies from my grandma. i don't know what i'd do without this year's cookie supply. Oh man.

Anyhoo, yeah, our Christmas is pretty calm, we just stay at home and spend time with each other for the most part.