Every Christmas Eve my family holds a brunch at our house. We invite our family friends who lived next door to my mom when they were growing up. We've known them our whole lives and there are four siblings that all have extended families. My mom cooks up delicious french toast, monkey bread, egg bake, bacon and all the other brunch essentials. It is all so good, I always stuff myself because hey, it's Christmas! And I really don't care if I eat a little too much on Christmas. The siblings have children, and they are just the most adorable kids in the whole world!! Oh my gosh I seriously wish they were my kids they are so cute!! My mom baptized one of the little boys, his name is Sami. They just had another baby named Kinan. Don't ask me. I do not have the slightest clue as to why they would name their little boy Kinan. I mean what kind of a name is that?!? But he is just the sweetest little baby. We had a grab bag of giftcards with them. All of the values are of $10 except for one very special $25 Visa card. I was lucky enough to win that card.
Then for dinner we went to my dad's brother Doug's house. My dad also has a sister Barbra, so all my cousins and grandparents were there. We played Catch Phrase which was fun. And I got to interrogate my cousins about their girlfriends. I hear some wedding bells in the future!! Oh and did I mention that I am the youngest out of all boy cousins? Yup, I am, and sometimes it's good but most of the time it sucks(excuse my language). We always have a gift grab bag with them, and the past few years have been ornaments but this year the theme was silver and gold and we could get absolutely anything that had to do with that. I got a giant gold plate, boring I know, but I was running out of time and it was either that or some semi-silver candle. The budget was $10-$15. I ended up with the gift that everyone wanted, again. It was a picture frame with a picture of all of the cousins in it, with a $20 bill inside. I was pretty lucky with my grab bags this year. I love Christmas Eve, the anticipation for Christmas morning is liberating. I still act like I did when I was five on Christmas, but I don't care, it's so exciting!!
Then for dinner we went to my dad's brother Doug's house. My dad also has a sister Barbra, so all my cousins and grandparents were there. We played Catch Phrase which was fun. And I got to interrogate my cousins about their girlfriends. I hear some wedding bells in the future!! Oh and did I mention that I am the youngest out of all boy cousins? Yup, I am, and sometimes it's good but most of the time it sucks(excuse my language). We always have a gift grab bag with them, and the past few years have been ornaments but this year the theme was silver and gold and we could get absolutely anything that had to do with that. I got a giant gold plate, boring I know, but I was running out of time and it was either that or some semi-silver candle. The budget was $10-$15. I ended up with the gift that everyone wanted, again. It was a picture frame with a picture of all of the cousins in it, with a $20 bill inside. I was pretty lucky with my grab bags this year. I love Christmas Eve, the anticipation for Christmas morning is liberating. I still act like I did when I was five on Christmas, but I don't care, it's so exciting!!