We're going to have a White Christmas this year! Yay! It is exquisite outside. I love driving around this time of year and looking at the Christmas lights. Listening to Christmas music, drinking a chai tea (which totally smells like Christmas), and hearing and feeling my tires squeak as they make there way through the snow packed roads. I love watching Christmas movies and drinking hot chocolate with friends. I watched White Christmas twice yesterday...too much?
Christmas Eve is my favorite day of the year. I love going to church all dressed up with the fam and singing Christmas Carols to celebrate the birth of Jesus. My absolute favorite part of Christmas Eve is singing Silent Night when the lights are out and everyone is holding a lit candle. Honestly, if I am not burned by dripping wax from my candle I am a little disappointed. It's tradition by now. I adore seeing some of my dear friends from high school after the service. Then we brave the cold for the drive home to feast on oyster stew and chili with a meat and cheese tray as an appetizer. After everyone is 'can't walk full' we open a few presents. Then we finish the night watching the second showing of TBS's 24 hour marathon of A Christmas Story. It's a wonderful night and I wouldn't have it any other way.
It breaks my heart to think that for some people home is not a welcoming or loving place to be. I can't imagine dreading going home. God has blessed me with such an amazing family!
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