Yesterday I celebrated Christmas with my family and it was especially wonderful because my niece and her husband were there with us (I hadn't seen her since her wedding). We met up at my sister Kristine's house to open presents at 8:00 in the morning (my nephew planned the whole day and he was really excited) and it was so much fun. Since we open presents one at a time from oldest to youngest, it took us quite a while to get through all of them. We also exchanged stockings (I had Marilyn and my nephew had me) and there were a lot of funny surprises. I did very well and got some new AirPods and a photo printer along with a sweater, a book, and some stuff for my house. After opening presents and stockings we had sweet rolls and juice which is a tradition that we have had since we were children. We had Christmas dinner later in the afternoon with ham, potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, green beans, cranberry fluff salad, pasta salad, vegetables and dip, and rolls. Everything was delicious! In the evening we played Shanghai rummy and we all pretty much lost our minds (my niece's husband fits right in with the insanity of this game and it was so much fun to have him there with us). We were all laughing so hard and, at various times, we were talking with accents, quoting song lyrics, and quoting from movies. We had lots of treats and paused the game to have banana cream pie. It was honestly the best day ever and I am so happy that we still have a few more opportunities to spend time together before my niece has to go back to Washington. I hope you were able to spend the holiday doing things you love with friends and family!
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