The lack of presents by the parents prompted the kids to step it up this year and really give to each other. I was amazed at the amount of presents under the tree and it made my Mama heart swell.
We were awoken at 5:00 a.m. Oi. I'm getting old!
Some of us had been awake for hours.
Ew. Slime ball.
After presents, I went back to sleep for an hour. Then I got up to put the Christmas Carol Roll in the oven.
Merril's parents were out of town so I made the roll this year and it turned out perfect! I finally feel like it could rate up there with Grandma Campbells! I invited my parents over because we did Christmas on the Saturday before. They came over for breakfast at 9:00 a.m. I made the Christmas Carol Roll and the egg/sausage/potato bake the night before. I just popped them in the oven. We spent the rest of Christmas day being lazy but headed up to Merril's parents house to have dinner with Jared and Emily's family. They were staying there for the night.
On Christmas Eve, we decided to attend Catholic Mass with a neighbor. It was similar to our church but different. We didn't know what we were doing. Mark was asked to help put the baby Jesus in the manger scene and then the Father blessed it with holy water. Mark came back to our pew and said, "He got me all wet!" I guess he blessed Mark with holy water too. The kids didn't love mass, I thought it was interesting. It seemed like Maxine felt she was cheating on her church. She wouldn't participate very much. It cracked me up. As we left, the small children received small candy canes in mini crocheted stockings. We hung them on the tree as a memento of the evening.
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