Christmas is wonderful, can I just say that? This year we celebrated with the Petersons, which includes several traditions. First of all--Grampy pancakes. Its a rule--whenever Grampy is around in the morning he HAS to make Grampy pancakes. He is amazing with pancake batter!
Then there is the traditional "see how many grandbabies you can fit in the tub." In this case, it was only four, but then there was the fabulous addition of a fully clothed Grammy joining them after a very persuasive Liz told Grammy that she got her clothes wet and soapy in the washer, so why not in the tub?
Then there was the preparation for the traditional meal. The Peterson family Christmas Eve tradition is to make a ridiculous amount of food, then gorge for several days. Ok, so not really, but the tradition is that each person requests 1-3 food/drink/dessert items and then ALL of them are prepared for Christmas Eve dinner. The kids loved being in on the fun!
After the feast we had a presentation of the nativity story. I was fortunate to be assigned the role of "audience member." Here's how the rest of the cast went: Narrator-Jon, Mary-Tori, Joseph-Grampy, Wise Men-Sam, Tom and Owen, shepherds-Grammy and Susie, Inn Keeper-Graham, and Angel-Lizzie. All costumes provided by Grandma and Grandpa Great. They were pretty awesome too!
Finally we got to put jammies on,
and then the last tradition--the "fountain." Usually its only on Mom's head, but this time we made an exception.
And to those more mature Petersons reading this--don't forget to drop by Fanny Funnel's!
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