The Christmas celebration with my family lasts pretty much all day. We like to start around 1 or 2 and stay as late as possible. My mom, especially, likes it this way. When I was a kid we'd have Christmas (or nearly every other event) until all hours of the night! It was not uncommon for us to stay at Christmas Eve until 11pm-midnight. We don't stay quite that late, but easily 'til 9 or 10.
We hang out, eat lunch and then do presents. First round everyone takes a turn from youngest to oldest then we let the kids go for it. The last couple years, we've been scaling back on the number of gifts, so if each has 2 or 3, we may even take turns for all of them. Once the kids are done, they run off and the adults go. Except mom and dad, who go after my siblings, spouses and I all go. Apparently we really like the gift giving to take as long as possible. :) Hey, all the excitement building up to it, we want to enjoy the moment! Then we play games, talk, hang out. It's always a fun time. Merry Christmas!
Then I had to take this pic of Jake so I could compare these two 'cause they're the same age in the same outfit:
Oh my word! I'm tearing up just looking at this. Look at my cutie boys!! And Will has gotten so big. Time just moves too fast. My little man. And now my bo baker. In just a few years I'll be looking back on Jakey wondering how he got as big as Will is now. Love you boys!!! Merry Christmas. :)
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