Holiday Celebration, Part 1
So Christmas 2009 has come and gone. While I wish it had lasted a bit longer (or I wish I had been in the mood a little bit sooner) I had an enjoyable holiday. Usualy on Christmas Eve, we gather as a family and have traditional Perry/Hall family Christmas Dinner consisting of Hooser Chili from the Perry side of the family (for those of you not familiar with Indiana, Hooser Chili is chili with spagetti added to it) and from the Hall side of the family we have Homemade Clam Chowder. We read the begining verses of Luke 2. Then we each get to open one gift Christmas Eve. When we were younger, that is about when we had to go to bed so Santa would come. This year was a bit different. We ate dinner in shifts and left (Jennie, my mom and dad ate before Michelle and I got there because we took a bit longer than expected getting cookies done.) Christina had to work Christmas Eve and wasnt suposed to get off till like 11:30 PM. So my mom had the grand idea to visit Christina at work, and play gam...