Christmastide 2020: Christmas Day - The First Day of Christmas: Dinner with Mom

Friday, December 25, 2020

It's been ages since we've had Mom over for dinner. I think it's been since summer and we probably ate outside. 

We all chatted for a couple of hours, then ate dinner and chatted some more. 

We had planned on watching a movie but then Mom started getting tired. She had brought a gift over for us. 

It turned out to be a beautiful edition of the four Gospels of the Bible. Lots of beautiful artwork throughout. 

Christmas Eve 2013 - Gift

I sing with Gethsemane's contemporary music ensemble. Our director, Cindi, gave us this lovely gift as a thank you for our work this year.

Christmas Season 2011 - Stuff Dale Got In His Stocking

Left to right (top photo): Night Before Christmas book, Santa Bear 2006 ornament, "noel" ornament so we can think of our friend Noel all year 'round, and Mrs. Potato Head. 

Christmas Season 2011 - Stuff I Got In My Stocking

Minnie Mouse is on springy legs so she wobbles. The candle is lit by and LED bulb but you can actually blow it out AND it has a fragrance. Also, a Kiss from Dale.

Christmas Day 2011 - Opening Stockings

Dale got a Mrs. Potato Head - Mermaid Edition. He sure had a lot of fun putting it together. He got the "potato" in his stocking and wasn't quite sure what it was. The pieces were under the tree and when he found them it all came together and made sense.

The Bumble

My friend Julie from school gave me the Bumble from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer as a gift today. If you put it in water it grows. When you take it out it shrinks again.