For many years Kent and I took all of our grandchildren out on Christmas Eve to visit friends homes and sing carols to them. But as the families grew and the children grew it has become time to create another tradition. since we now have to take 3 cars to accommodate everyone. So since this is the year that I am making many changes in my life, I decided to make a change to our Christmas Eve activities.
So I started what will be our on-going tradition at grama's house on Christmas Eve.
I baked cookies early in the day and gathered all the trimmings to create wonderful cookies for Santa. I made a cute sign for each family to take. We started the evening by reading a couple of Christmas books, while we waited for everyone to arrive. Then the creativity began, the kids were excited to create their own design and make it special for Santa. We had yummy hot chocolate while we decorated and when the cookies were finished, we settled in to watch the Christmas movie, " The 12 dogs of Christmas".
It was a fun evening and I was able to deliver the last group home,with full plates of wonderful cookies about 10pm,this gives their moms & dads an evening to get ready for Santa's arrival.
It was a fun evening and I was able to deliver the last group home,with full plates of wonderful cookies about 10pm,this gives their moms & dads an evening to get ready for Santa's arrival.
I love having my grandchildren over and starting a new tradition in our family.
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