Christmas Eve!

One of the Christmas Traditions we have is to read the Christmas Story out of the Bible (and Book of Mormon) on Christmas Eve. This year, we made that part of our Family Home Evening, talking about the story, and about obedience. This year on Christmas Eve I read from the scriptures about the Gifts that were given to Christ by the Wise Men, and the Gift that He gave us- his Life and the Atonement. I also encouraged the girls to think of gifts (of service) they could give this coming year.

I did this because with all the craziness of gift-giving, I wanted to take one more shot at reinforcing what Christmas is all about- The Hope that came when Christ was born, and the greatest Gift we could ever receive.

Another tradition we have on Christmas Eve is that the kids get to open one present- chosen by Mom. It is almost always Jammies. All three girls went to bed as Princesses, thanks to Nana.