Thirsty for a Good Time!

With 3 days left until Christmas, I'm excited! I'm not excited about opening gifts, drinking eggnog, chewing on candy canes, or watching my sons open Christmas presents. No, I'm excited about our opportunity to celebrate everything pertaining to the birth, life, sacrifice, and gift of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior! We'll wake up early to pray together as a family, eat breakfast, get dressed, and join fellow churchgoers in worship at an 8am service. Afterwards, my husband, four sons, and I will return home and commence celebrating our own little family traditions...traditions that may seem insignificant to an outsider, but that allow us to make the most of spending quality time together on such a marvelous occasion.

That's what we are always excited about on Christmas Day. That's what we're thirsty for. Precious time spent on a special occasion to commemorate all that Jesus' birth welcomed. We enjoy expressing our love and appreciation for one another by way of home made cards, poems, and letters. We all sit around together listening as each person shares the love they've received from every member of the family. We break out our special sparkling grape juice and crackers to remember Christ in our family communion. Later, we take pleasure in watching The Veggietales:  The Toy That Saved Christmas, and recalling our younger selves watching it in years past. And each year we add to our traditions. Last year, we included the DVD, The Nativity Story as one of our must-see Christmas movies.

Bottom line...we enjoy every single moment together as a family on Christmas day. What will you do to quench your family's thirst for a good time on Christmas day? What are some of your family's Christmas traditions?