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Christmas Eve 2023 ...

Andy and Eva Nativity

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01816

Christmas Eve this year was a little different. I worked overnight and normally I try and take both the weekend of Christmas and the Weekend of New Years off. However, with the small group that I am part of I did not want to leave everyone in a lurch so I did work a couple nights this weekend and had today off to get ready for tomorrow. I slept for a bit and when I got up I went over to Chubs Blue Pig BBQ to pick up our Christmas meal.

Santa drew at chubs

This year since we were not going to be with everyone in the family we decided to switch things up and go for BBQ instead. Chubs had a order form a couple of weeks back so that we could get a few things that we liked and we could pick them up on Christmas Eve to warm them up on Christmas day. We went with ribs, pulled pork, wings and mac and cheese. I was able to pop in and pick everything up and get home to get ready for the rest of the day.

We went to 4pm Mass at Sacred Heart. It was not packed as it had been on past years but there were also 3 4pm Masses happening at once so that helped spread out the crowds. After Mass I had the kids go and pose in front of the Nativity Scene. Something that we’ve done so many years. Missed it last year while we were in Florida but most other years we were able to get that shot.

After Mass we came home and had our Christmas Eve chicken stew with my sister Shelby and her husband Tim and my nephew and niece. It was nice to have them come over so that the kids could play together and we could share a meal. We had a very nice time hosting and were glad that they could come down.

Christmas tree

Allison and I finished up by getting the gifts under the tree and then watching some Christmas Movies including my favorite, Christmas Vacation. It is funny watching the sanitized for TV version but I do like the uncut one much more. So many funny parts in that movie.
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