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Christmas Eve 2020

Family At Christmas Eve Dinner
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This Christmas was a little different than past years. Or Rather, it was a lot different. We have been in quarantine since the 15th because of a close contact and therefore our plans to head to Cape Cod for Christmas day and spend it with my parents and sister Tara and Uncle Erik were gone out the window. That still would have been a different Christmas but it would have been closer to normal. For the past few years we have hosted Christmas eve dinner after the 4pm Christmas Eve vigil at Sacred Heart Church. This year we got dressed up and watched Mass on Facebook Live. It was still at Sacred Heart Church but it was sad that we could not be there in the church itself.

We still had the delicious chicken stew that Allison makes each year but it was a table set for 4 people. We did get dressed for dinner and had a very nice meal.

The Kids Are Growing

The Kids enjoyed just being able to be at the house. Allison and I enjoyed being able to keep the whole house clean or in the semi clean state that we usually keep it. She made the meals and I washed the dishes. Allison also made two meat pies for dinner tomorrow night.

After dinner we got into comfy pajamas and were going to watch a Christmas Story but instead we introduced the kids to Christmas Vacation. It was edited for TV so some of the kid jokes lost their luster but the kids still found it funny. Andy was quite observant and noticed that when Clark brings a gift to his boss every gift that the boss has on the table is the exact same size. Allison had never noticed that before. Those are the things that I find funniest in this movie. Clark saying things under his breath, the subtle visual gags like when Clark and Eddie are shopping and Clark places a pack of 4 light bulbs onto a stack of dog food and Eddie takes a 50lb bag of dog food and drops it right on the light bulbs. Nothing is said and there is no reaction at all from Clark. It is the funniest thing to me.

Snack Time

While we watched the movie we also enjoyed some Hot Cocoa Bombs and Mrs. Packer Christmas cookies. I ordered six of these cookies so that we could give Santa a special cookie along with a giant carrot for the reindeer. Early to bed because tomorrow is Christmas.

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Thanksgiving 2020

Mem and Fa with the Kids
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It certainly was a different sort of Thanksgiving this year. While we did go down to the Cape to visit with my parents, which we do yearly, it was a more distanced sort of event. Everyone was keenly aware of the pandemic and we spent much of the time inside. Allison and I did go for daily walks along Great Bay but we had our masks at the ready all through the walk. We had a great meal together. Mom was able to secure a turkey for us from The Windfall along with all the fixins and this was one of the better turkeys that we have had. I ate so much more than I have in the past few years. Not sure why but I enjoyed it more, I guess.

It was a nice day all around. We watched the parade and the highlights of parades past. We watched the movie The Christmas Chronicles 2 on Netflix and it was a fun movie. We watched Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey last night and that was really nice. Great music and dancing. In order to fully appreciate the holiday season we tried on our Christmas jammies.

Christmas Jammies

This is a yearly tradition and I think I’m going to have to drop down a size in the future. The pants were a bit big on me. I wish you could mix and match sizes, though. I like an XL in the shirt and large in the pants. The kids were excited to have their Christmas jammies and it was the start of the holiday season.