Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and all the Christmas excitement is starting up. You are getting ready for all your holiday traditions with your family. Starting Christmas Eve...
You do any last minute shopping.
We all have that extra present we still need to grab or a last minute holiday plan that'll require a gift. Beware the packed grocery store that is full of stressed people shopping in time for the big day.
Binge watch your favorite Christmas movies.
One of the marvelous things about Christmas are the movies... You got characters like the Grinch, Rudolph and Scrooge. Misfits banding together in the spirit of Christmas. Santa Clause and his elves pulling an all-nighter giving gifts to kids.
Jam to all your favorite holiday songs.
Some people love them and some people hate them. Then there are some people who only like them for a certain part of the season. There are some pretty good holiday songs...I mean, can we talk about Bruce Springsteens version of "Santa Clause is Coming to Town"...that jams. Anyways, these songs bring in the holiday spirit.
Drink Hot Chocolate or Apple Cider.
That warm hot chocolate with marshmallows or whip cream can melt the most frozen heart. If hot coco doesn't do it for you then apple cider might.
Finish your end of the night Christmas traditions.
Every family has their Christmas or holiday traditions. The kids leave Santa cookies and milk, maybe you open one small present on Christmas Eve or maybe you watch a certain Christmas movie. They are always very surreal moments that stick with a family for life.
It's Christmas morning and you are up early.
When you are kid, you often went running and screaming into your parents bedroom on Christmas morning and sometimes it was at 7 in the morning. Even now it's hard not to wake up even a little bit early when it's Christmas day.
You open presents and watch people open yours.
Opening presents is always fun but it is also fun to see people open the ones you got for them. Especially, if you put a lot of thought into it. When you were a kid, it was always exciting to get a toy you wanted from Santa and even when you are older it is still fun to open a present.
You go out in the snow and enjoy a "White Christmas"
Even if you aren't a fan of snow, a White Christmas still sounds like a beautiful sight. However, sometimes it doesn't always happen. I mean...I'm from Ohio and it is about to be 50 degrees on Christmas.
Then you start off your first family get together.
Some people have a lot of different sides to their families and that means there are multiple holiday parties to go to. You try and save room in your stomach to eat at each one. Christmas is a good time to spend time with family.
At the end of the night you sit back and relax
It's the end of Christmas night and you are hanging out at home. Looking at your presents and possibly watching one last Christmas movie before the season ends. Perhaps, you are thinking about what you are doing for New Years Day.
Christmas is a beautiful holiday that is full of lights, music and family time. It's a winter holiday that is enjoyed with cookies and hot chocolate. I hope everyone has a good Christmas and a Happy Holiday!
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