Tradition growing up was to go to memaw and papaws house, my mom's mom and dad on Chsristmas Eve for finger foods and sweets.
My mom has four brothers and two sisters amongst them there are eighteen grandchildren, with a family that large we would draw names amongst the children.
Many of the years we would recieve a present from which ever cousin drew our name as well as a gift from memaw and papaw.
The night usually ended with us caroling around the neighborhood and then off to our houses for santa's visit.
On Christmas day we would all gather back at memaw and papaws for the traditional Christmas dinner, for us that was turkey, ham, dressing, mashed potatos, rolls, green beans, corn, cranberry sauce and every desert imaginable it seemed.
I realize now at the age of 33 how blessed we were to have those family traditions and memories.
This Christmas Eve I spent with my husband and his family it was nice being around people, we will be back there tomorrow for dinner, I hope it goes well and that the kids of the family leave with great memories of another Christmas at their gramma and grampas.
Wishing all of you out there in the blogging world a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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