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suspect
it was because - with four boys in the house who
couldn't wait to tear open the packages - we
would have had them up by the crack of dawn
if they did it on Christmas Day. My dad worked
the night shift so that idea would have been a non-starter
with him!
When
Diana and I started our own family I
agreed to follow the traditional Christmas Day
gift opening routine that she was used to - with
one concession. We let our daughter Brittany
open one package of her choice on
Christmas Eve then the rest the following
morning. Brittany has always liked that
tradition, as well as another we started when
she was a child - going to a midnight
Christmas Eve candle lighting service at
our church. We'll be leaving for that event in a
couple of hours.
Spending
Christmas Eve at that service
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Our
daughter Brittany gets
into the Christmas spirit. |
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helps
us remember what this special holiday is really
about and that is important to each of us. I
also really like that we are still doing it together
after all of these years. Brittany is now 24 and
in her second year of medical school, but she is
home on Christmas break and will be with us as
she always has been.
Tomorrow
the crowd at our house will grow six-fold with 19
friends and relatives here to celebrate Christmas
- a time when the old adage - the more the
merrier - really rings true for us. It
will culminate a wonderful weekend and I am
hopeful that whatever your faith may be you
and your family are enjoying an especially
memorable and meaningful holiday season as
well.
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