This year we had a little change in our Christmas Eve traditions. With Christmas day being on a Sunday and our church service at 11 a.m., we had the "dilemma" of when to open presents. We knew that if we waited until the morning by the time we were done opening presents we would have to get ready for church and the kids would probably not be to happy about leaving their newly opened possessions.
So, we asked them if they wanted to open all of the gifts on Christmas Eve, half of them at night and half in the morning or all on Christmas morning. Well, to our surprised Emily said she wanted to wait until the morning. Matt gave it a little thought and said "half & half". Of course, they had opposing ideas.
In the end, we decided on half & half. What was funny is when they finished the first "batch" they asked if there were more....so we asked if they wanted to open more and they did. After that small batch, they asked if there were still more....to that we decided we would open the remaining gifts and they could open Santa's in the morning.
After opening all the gifts, Dave opened a few to be played with and we saved the rest for the morning and after church. Well, this little interuption has led to the decision that from this Christmas on we will be a "half & half" present opening family. A new tradition has emerged! :)
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