Merry Christmas! Part 2

Once everyone has come into the Christmas Room, they all figure out where their pile of stuff is, and then we all settle down

First, we read the Christmas story. This year we read out of the Bible, but Connor wasn't too interested - I think we need a version with pictures or something.

Then, we sing Christmas Carols. This year, Connor learned a bunch of traditional songs at school, altho not necessarily hymn-style songs. So we sang Jingle Bells, and Rudolph, and we jumped to the end of the 12 Days of Christmas (we sang 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, then 8, then 12). But we always have to sing Silent Night, because that's my favorite one.

After the songs are sung, we wish everyone a Merry Christmas with hugs & kisses. Then everyone gets to their spot and the presents are opened. This year we started with Connor, and then he directed the rest of us. It was very cute.

Trevor got an MP3 player and Warcraft for his computer. We play the online version already, but he likes the history of the game, so he's playing the previous version. Diana loaded it onto her computer too.

Diana got the backpack she'll need when she travels to Germany in the summer. She also got a Full Metal Alchemist movie gift pack, but it's not the one she wanted with the extras, so we'll have to return that and get the right one.

Connor got that humidifier I mentioned in a previous post, and a Hot Wheels set. He also got the Ice Age movies, an x-box car racing game, and some Sponge Bob Christmas episodes on DVD.

I got a nice new cushy robe, bath stuff & chocolate. Lee got a movie, Weird Al's new CD, a coupon for comics, and a gift card for Subway. Everyone also got Canadian 2010 Olympic stuff from my folks (yay!). Too cool.

On Saturday, we'll be meeting up with Lee's family in Medford, and do the gift exchange there. So we still have a little Christmas to go... In the meantime, we have our plates of cookies, and we're enjoying vacation!