Christmas Day!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! We hopped up Christmas morning (12/25) and popped the sticky buns into the oven.   

 Then we opened our first gifts…..from “CAN CAN” Santa I got a new can opener (truly a superior gift and Michael knows it!) and from “Hercule Poirot” Santa, Michael got….are you ready for it…a Belgian waffle maker!!! (to finally replace our broken one) 

 I can’t believe he didn’t guess what he was getting….he almost ALWAYS guesses the gifts from my Santa…but he was going down a completely different path.  After that, we called our neighbors Anne & Bryce to ask if they wanted to come over to share Christmas breakfast.  Michael popped open the champagne, I got the frozen strawberries, and we all toasted the holiday!   

Bryce & Anne

the detritus of our terrific breakfast

 The breakfast was pronounced yummy…then we headed over to A&B’s to see Anne’s Christmas present.  It was a beautiful pendant necklace, with many stones representing their entire family….it was truly lovely.  Back home again, Michael took Cookie for a walk, while I got a few more (recently discovered) presents wrapped (I guess I just take after my mom…when everything was opened on Christmas mornings, she would look around with a puzzled expression, and then go running off to her too secret hiding place and find another gift or 2 :~).   

note Junior Achievement paper!

 

We settled in to address our Christmas cards and watch anther Christmas movie….can you guess what it was?  

 Yep, The Christmas Story (aka you’ll shoot your eye out), then it was onto to White Christmas and finally the Fort Mill community Playhouse production of Harvey.  In between we drove around to about a dozen houses, finally handing out the last of our Christmas food gifts.  And I also got a little bit of sewing done while Michael played on his computer….the final 2 rows got sewn and the top is done:

There were more gifts along the way:

 Until the final....ultimate.....gift, from "Major Award" Santa:

 It will reside in our front window for the Christmas season.  It was a wonderful and magical Christmas day.