After all of our company left we had our family Christmas Eve traditions. The first thing we did was give the kids their Christmas Eve pajamas. This has been our tradition since Ellie was an only child. Ellie got some very girly silky ones, Henry got some x-box bottoms and Chuck got wii bottoms.
Another tradition we started a few years back was to have the kids buy each other presents and then unwrap those on Christmas Eve. This year, they drew names instead of buying presents for both of their siblings. After they got their jammies on, Jake had them go get their gifts they bought and sit on the floor. He then read part of the Christmas story out of the Bible and explained that when we give each other gifts, we are doing as the Wisemen did. The Wisemen brought gift's for the baby Jesus because they wanted to show their love for him. At Christmas time, we buy gifts for those we love. The kids then exchanged their gifts and had to say two things that they loved about the person they were giving their gift to.
After they played with their toys for a while, we told them they could watch the Polar Express in Ellie's room and have a little slumber party in there. Charlie opted to go right to bed. He is not one to stay up much past bed time. Ellie and Henry got all cozy and started their movie. I love this time of Christmas Eve, because after the kids are in bed, Jake and I get to visit and make any last minute preparations for the next day. Well, Jake is exactly like Charlie and was ready for bed at about 8:45pm!!!! I protested for a bit, but then realized that it's no fun visiting with someone who can't stay awake. I gave him the go ahead to nod off and within 5 minutes, he was snoring! I watched tv till about 11:00pm, then dozed off myself.
That was Christmas Eve in the Fisher household.
3 comments:
Charlie's faces are awesome in all these pictures. I love it.
I'm honestly not sure if he ever takes a normal picture!
I love Christmas traditions! Thanks for sharing yours. We do pajamas on Christmas eve, and let them open one present from their siblings also. I read a quote somewhere this year that basically says what kids will remember is not the gifts they get but the traditions in place for receiving those gifts---I think that's really true!
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