I would love Christmas even more if it was cold here and I was closer to my family. I am so thankful that I have family here in Florida that are as welcoming as Steve's family, but I miss my family back home more than ever at Christmas time. I have lived here in Florida for going on 11 years and it never gets any easier. Steve and I have gone back to my parents twice for Christmas. Once it snowed and that was a real treat!
Now that I have children, I want them to see how it was when I would wake up Christmas morning. I couldnt wait to wake up in the morning and see how FULL Santa left my stocking. My mom would overfill my stocking! It wouldnt matter what was under that tree if the stocking was full! I guess that is where I get my over filling Steve and Trevor's stockings. Most times the stocking stuffers are pouring out onto the floor. Crazy, but true. We would usually open presents and then mom would start cooking for Christmas Dinner.
When I was younger my Dad's mom was so traditional and she had all kinds of special things that she did on the holidays. Every Christmas Eve we would all go to her house. My Dad has a very large family and my grandparents house wasnt big at all, but we would all pile in there and open presents. Everyone brought sweets and appetizers. My Granny had an ornament for everyone in the family and the ornaments were labeled with our names. She would call each family one by one and would take our family Christmas picture in front of the tree.
Now that I have my own family I try to bring in my family traditions and we also do some of Steve's family traditions. Even though money is real tight this year, we will still have a special Christmas.
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