Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

He's making a list, and checking it twice...

Today is December 22. That means in just two more days.....CHRISTMAS!  I am so excited and glad that things are really picking up around the Rowlett house in order for everything to be ready for the best day of the year.

Our family, as all do, has our own yearly traditions that the season just wouldn't be the same without.  We are avid Rook players and as Christmas gets closer and closer, we play more and more.  As of tonight, we are up to at least two games a night and can't wait for the big finale when the WHOLE Woods family is together on Christmas night. It gets interesting!  Another Christmas tradition is Christmas Eve dinner at our house.  My mom fixes supper for everybody so this year, we will eat and then exchange gifts.  This is something kind of new. Usually we open presents Christmas morning, but the effects of the flood are still looming and since my grandparents won't be back in their house for Christmas morning breakfast, we are opening gifts early this year for the sake of time.

Christmas morning, we will have a huge breakfast at home (usually hosted by my grandmother) and then move on to opening gifts from my mom's parents, Mimi and Gran-Gran.  Though their house isn't completely finished, and there is no way she could fix a meal there, we have decided to do whatever it takes to have Christmas in the same house that she has had it for 38 years. After breakfast here, we will go to their house where a decorated tree and table await.  We will open gifts and eventually have supper (premade and crock-pot warmed) of soups and sandwhiches.  Later, its movie time.  After the annual showing of the Santa Claus, and the mos intense Rook game of the year, it will be time to head back home where we can admire all the new stuff and, in my case, wish it wasn't all over. 

On the agenda for tomorrow...feed, clean, help with a little pre Christmas Eve cooking, wrap the last of the gifts, feed again, and get ready for the festivities to begin!!

Merry Christmas,
JanLee