Christmas Eve

This Christmas Eve was a particularly special one for our family. This is the first year the Barlows have come to our house to share the evening with us, and it is also the first year we have been privileged to have a visit from Santa himself.

Mayfield has a wonderful tradition. Every Christmas eve Santa visits every house in the town. In order to do this, several volunteers int eh town spend Christmas eve out and about instead of a t home. Mike helped out this year and I so wish I had a picture! But the Santa that visited us was fabulous. He talked with the kids and told us about his reindeer, and then gave everyone a sack of goodies. It took Andrew a while, but in the end he decided that our Santa really was the real Santa.

While Mike was gone I read "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" out loud, and Grandpa Barlow read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to everyone. Of course we had wassail, chips and dips, chocolate, and all kinds of goodies.

Once Mike got back we held our traditional Christmas eve pageant. It was a very nice one. Andrew was the wise man, with Grandpa as his camel. Grandma is always the angel of the Lord. Becky was Mary, Joshua was Joseph, and Caitlin was baby Jesus. Daniel did a fine job as the shepherd and I played the part of the inn keeper. Michael narrated and directed.

All in all it was a wonderful Christmas Eve.