This year for Christmas we got together on Christmas Eve at Jill and Tim's place. We promised- promised!- each other that we were going to take it real easy on gifts, only getting stuff for the kids. Of course, that apparently went out the window immediately! We got there and started snacking on the delicious appetizers Jill and Mema had made, and enjoying a bit of mom's famous slush. The kids started by playing a fun game where they could earn different fun toys and gift cards when they got right answers, a silly game that Mema put together. The kids loved it, especially the prizes! Soon after, we all gathered around the dinner table and enjoyed some delicious food together. It's always nice to spend some time with the nieces and nephew- they are getting so old!
Finally it was time for the main event: gifts! We took turns giving out different prizes to the kids, interspersed with a gift for mom and papa as well. Tim and Jill didn't follow the rules, of course, and got Diana and I something. I shook my fist at them because now we feel stupid for actually following the rules and not getting them something. One of these years we will learn that the rules are never followed...
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