Merry Christmas From Me and Mine to You and Yours 2.0

One of the great things about family traditions is you know exactly what you are going to be in for year in and year out.  For my family, Christmas is not a major holiday and the day could resemble any other Sunday dinner if you did not look closely.

Tradition #1: Instead of a real tree there is a small LED one on the kitchen counter.  As kids, Elise and I would scour the lot for the perfect tree, but when we head down to the sunshine state there is not a (real) evergreen in sight.  Once upon a time there was a small tree which was brought out out every year, but that was lost one of the last moves.  Here is a really cool one made up of recycled bike parts to make up for our little one.

Tradition #2:  When opening presents with adult family members it is usually done after breakfast and caffeine have been ingested.  Your internal alarm clock does not wake you up before the crack of dawn.  Instead, family members let the dogs loose in your room and no one can say no to a puppy.  You also know you are an adult when Santa brings you socks and you get pretty excited about them.

Tradition #3:  Dinner is always served at 2pm and there is some kind of disagreement over how long to cook the prime rib.  This year Memere and I prevailed and were able to get a solid medium-rare.

Tradition #4:  Everyone eats some pie for dessert and we watch movies in our post food stupor.

I hope Santa was good to all of you!!