I am extremely big on traditions and with the new addition to our family this year, I wanted to make sure we started even more. Some of our traditions have faded over time, some have become new again.
I attempted to start a new tradition. On Christmas Eve morning I made Monkey Bread. Brody LOVED it! So we may keep this one around...
One tradition that has never seemed to go away is the Christmas Eve movie. Now the Barnard children have been seeing a movie on Christmas Eve since we moved to Jackson. It started out as a way for my aunt to help give my parents some peace and quiet for a couple of hours. (Of course we were excited about Santa coming and had to mention it no less than 20 times in a given hour!) Then my aunt moved away, and we still continued the tradition. Now husbands, fiance's, boyfriends, best friends all join in on the movie tradition. This year we saw Yes Man with Jim Carey. HILARIOUS!!! (After reading that, it sounds like we went to the movie with Jim Carey, but you know what I mean.)
After our movie, we always come home right about the time of dinner. This tradition has changed somewhat over the years but is still just as yummy...Seafood Gumbo. My mom makes incredible gumbo. Even my picky husband LOVES it. Apparently I'm next in line to learn how to make it.
Brody was trying to get a sneak peak at the presents. (He tried to unwrap several at our house, which resulted in all the presents being put in another room.)
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