I have a fabulous group of girl friends that I love to get together and laugh with. Some of them aren't fortunate enough to have family in town to celebrate with, and so we decided to throw a party with them. Since we already had plans for Christmas Eve, we settled on the day before. The idea was to do a progressive dinner and learn a little about the nativity at each home, carol in between homes, and end up at our home for dessert and the party portion. Unfortunately it didn't turn out that way.
Marie called me this morning, with the flu! After chatting with Lisa we decided to move the party to my house, and I would also prepare dinner.
Lisa's family had a late start and didn't get to our house until almost an hour later than planned. It was fine though; I had a few things left on my list to check off for my parents arrival tomorrow.
The boys loved helping me decorate, baking the cake, and getting their white elephant gifts ready and were more than excited when the party started.
After doing the nativity story we did our white elephant game. We chose to forgo the minute to win it games and crafts because we had a late start, and it was a little less exciting when there are only 4 adults and 4 kids. Instead the kids enjoyed played with the toys and the adults visited.
The night quickly passed and we called it a night. It was an enjoyable tradition that we will have to continue next year.
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