More Chirstmas Day - morning, afternoon & night

Well here is a brief description of the rest of our Christmas day - minus the dinner part as that was already posted below.


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Christmas Day - Early Morning, Morning and Afternoon

Mark and I were up MUCH before the crack of dawn to have a mini Christmas celebration with Tracey. We exchanged presents, ate cinnamon rolls and gabbed. Since Tracey lives 50 feet away, we went to her house in our “pj’s” and opened our presents like that.

After that, we got ready and were at Mom and Phil’s by 7:50am for breakfast with them and Dawn and Melanie. Our breakfast included peameal bacon. I love peameal bacon. I only eat it once a year on Christmas morning and I really look forward to it. I was not disappointed.

After breakfast we exchanged gifts. I didn’t have the camera out during the morning so there are no photos – sorry…

After our lovely morning at mom and Phil’s, we headed to Hortense’s for a visit. We were there about 11:00ish. There was saw Hortense, Uncle, Roger and Anita. Tracey was already with us. We were not eating at Hortense’s this year as we were going to Mark’s parents. Here are a few photos of the day...After our visit, we left Hortense’s about 3:30ish to head to Mark’s parents for dinner. You can click here for that post.

END of the night

We left Mark’s parents about 8:00 or so and we headed back to my mom’s house for cards. They had already had their dinner and dessert – thank goodness. I don’t think I could have eaten anything more! We arrived while they were almost finished their game of cards and then we all play Rumoli. It is especially great when you have 9 people and then you can put your money in one pot instead of each pot around the board.

It turns out that mom and Tracey were the big winners of the night. They most certainly came away with the big pots at the end.

After Rumoli, Auntie Jane, Shawn, Auntie Anne and Gord went home. Then Mom and Phil, Mark and I and Tracey played Wizard – another card game. Dawn popped by for a bit of a visit and then we were home by about 11:30 – EXHAUSTED!!!

Boxing Day for Mark and I is typically staying home ALL day, not venturing out and just enjoying each other’s company and enjoying the downtime.

We are so lucky to have SO many people to share our Christmas day with. I don’t know what is going to happen when “Pumpkin” arrives – we will cross that bridge whenever it is that we get there...