Christmas 2018 Wrap Up

Our Christmas card photo

At the beginning of December, my friend Linda and I decorated the stage of the gym (where our church meets) with 3 faux trees and white lights. It took us 3 hours! One of the trees (found at a thrift store) was pre-lit with coloured lights and many were zip-tied onto the tree. Removing those lights took forever! Here is the finished look:

There are 3 trees but the small one is hard to see in this photo. This is the first time ever that our church has had any Christmas decorations other than the poinsettias that I bring. Here is Linda working on it:

On December 23rd, we went to Evergreen Church to see their light display.

C loves this place since they hand out free hot chocolate as well as 2 different types of cookies.

On December 24th we went to our church's Christmas Eve service after we had a simple dinner of appetizers from Trader Joe's. Our church had its largest ever turn out. They ran out of bulletins. Here we are with our candles.

We always get someone to take our photo at church on Christmas Eve. This year there wasn't a great place to take it and the lighting is a bit off.

We played a game as a family after church.
On Christmas morning we had 2 breakfast casseroles - one savory and one sweet (French Toast casserole). We opened presents in the am. Here are A's presents.

C's presents.

The mug is more than a mug. It is a special one from Starbucks that entitles you to a free drip coffee or tea for every day in January. C has done this for the last 2 years.

My presents.

The things in the box are bath bombs. J got a new grill, a My Pillow, a tool carrying bag, chocolates, and a new fleece sweatshirt.

The boys received a mini air hockey game.

We watched the queen's message on TV.

We ate our feast at about 4 pm. Grand Dad called during the meal.

Place setting:

I was frustrated that the turkey breast was a bit dry even after I brined the turkey the day before. This is the centrepiece that I made myself.

We always do Christmas crackers that come with paper crowns inside.

We watched C's new DVD of Mission Impossible - Fallout. We called Grandma and Grandpa.

Here is a photo of the tree.

I loved how narrow this tree is. So much easier to decorate. We set up the electric train to run around the tree. The tree is super dry so I plan on taking it down tomorrow which is much earlier than I prefer.



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