Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house....
Ok...so it is NOT Christmas Eve. You are probably thinking the Flamingo Mama has lost her mind from all of the hustle and bustle.
And quite frankly, I probably have lost my mind. However, it has nothing to do with the hustle and bustle. In fact, I have decreased my hustling and bustling this year. I did not send Christmas cards.
Gasp!
I typically send a Christmas novel, I mean letter. and take a reminiscent photo with the children. However, after the episode last year where I copied and pasted children into the photo to make them look like 3 happy siblings, I dreaded it this year.
And as guilty as I feel about not extending my family's "love" this year, I do not remember anywhere in the bible that Christmas Cards are part of the meaning of Christmas...so I have recovered.
So back to the Christmas Eve thing on the 23rd...it IS Christmas Eve here in the Flamingo household. See, the Rockstar Nurse works on Christmas Day. Remember, he is a nurse after all. So, we will celebrate "our Christmas" on the 24th.
But don't be sad about that! Seriously, Christmas is not about the 25th...it's about the celebration, the traditions, and the reason. So it doesn't matter what day we celebrate.
Everyone asks, "aww...aren't your kids sad?"
Uhh no! What for kid would be sad about getting all of their gifts a day early?!
So, tonight as everyone is out last minute shopping (uuhh, ok...I still will be doing that tonight too), I will be placing the gifts under the tree and the cookies out for Santa. And tomorrow morning we will celebrate as a family. I am sooooo excited!!
So, Merry Christmas!!!
6 comments:
I love that you do things your own way!
My kids have been trying to convince me that we should open atleast one present tomorrow night :)
I would love to have my presents a day early. Happy celebrating.
Will I be getting my Christmas gift a day early from you, too?? Ooohh, I can't wait:) We do the same thing the years that I work Christmas Day, and you're right......it's about being together & having our special traditions.....and the egg nog, of course! Have a wonderful Christmas Day!!
Merry Christmas! We have celebrated one day early before too - just to fit all the family gatherings in .. and it felt exactly the same! Enjoy your day tomorrow!
You are absolutely right! It doesn't matter when we celebrate..as long as we do! And I didn't do cards this year either! :) Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas tomorrow! Did u get that dead pony all wrapped up?! lol I had to ask. Well I did Christmas cards, but as you have probably seen I'm the only one smiling in our beautiful family photo...I might just follow your lead and skip next year;) Hope you have a blast tomorrow!
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