Christmas Eve was a long, busy, and prosperous day. We had a half hour concert prior to our 40 minute service. It was awesome! The 40 minute service felt like it was about the right length. There were so many highlights. One that I particularly remember is when we did this rock version of Drummer Boy with Joey - he is one of our newer STUCO vocalists/worship leaders. He nailed it! I told him to emulate Steven Tyler and he was dead on! Naturally the choir rocked. And, can I be a bit biased here? Romeoville does the best versions of TSO of any campus. WE just need an orchestra (one day). Carol of the Bells naturally rocked. We also did a new one called Christmas Jam. The instrumental leads off with a vocal introduction that Joey did (with his own flair!).
When it was all done, I exhaled.
When I got home we had Chinese food. It has sort of turned into this weird tradition of sorts the last few years.
We decided to open presents on Christmas Eve this year. We haven't done it for some time. It was fun! I think our dog, Dixi, enjoyed it the most. I swear, she KNOWS when it is Christmas time. When it is present opening time, she gets all jumpy. Naturally she gets a few doggie toys and acts like a 6 year old kid on Christmas. Even the cats, in their own aloof way, enjoy it.
Santa did drop some stuff in the kid's stockings over night. Some gift cards that I am sure will be spent well!
Most of Christmas morning is quiet - nice.
We had dinner at my brother's house in Evergreen Park. Lot's of food and presents of course! My brother-in-law Dave is in the "church business" like me (but in Austin, TX). We had a lot of "shop" to talk about!
Just when you think you knew everything about your parents I learned something new about my dad. He actually did own a Daisy Red Ryder BB-Gun! He DID get it for Christmas and was about Ralphie's age when he got it! (Those of you not in the know have never seen A Christmas Story - wait until next year: TBS plays it 24 hours straight on Christmas Eve!). It was funny how he related to that movie because he was a kid at the time the setting was in the movie (he cracked me up on his stories of triple-dog-daring kids to get their tongue on the flagpole!).
Hope y'all had a Merry Christmas!
When it was all done, I exhaled.
When I got home we had Chinese food. It has sort of turned into this weird tradition of sorts the last few years.
We decided to open presents on Christmas Eve this year. We haven't done it for some time. It was fun! I think our dog, Dixi, enjoyed it the most. I swear, she KNOWS when it is Christmas time. When it is present opening time, she gets all jumpy. Naturally she gets a few doggie toys and acts like a 6 year old kid on Christmas. Even the cats, in their own aloof way, enjoy it.
Santa did drop some stuff in the kid's stockings over night. Some gift cards that I am sure will be spent well!
Most of Christmas morning is quiet - nice.
We had dinner at my brother's house in Evergreen Park. Lot's of food and presents of course! My brother-in-law Dave is in the "church business" like me (but in Austin, TX). We had a lot of "shop" to talk about!
Just when you think you knew everything about your parents I learned something new about my dad. He actually did own a Daisy Red Ryder BB-Gun! He DID get it for Christmas and was about Ralphie's age when he got it! (Those of you not in the know have never seen A Christmas Story - wait until next year: TBS plays it 24 hours straight on Christmas Eve!). It was funny how he related to that movie because he was a kid at the time the setting was in the movie (he cracked me up on his stories of triple-dog-daring kids to get their tongue on the flagpole!).
Hope y'all had a Merry Christmas!
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