Upon arriving back at home after celebrating with our extended Hornback family, we settle into our own annual Christmas Eve traditions. They kids look for Santa with Doug on NORAD, tracking to see where he is at the moment and amazed to see how many presents he has already delivered! They carefully pick out which cookies to leave for Santa (and chocolate milk!) and head outside to leave Reindeer food. Then we all snuggle up on the couch to read The Christmas Story, about Jesus' birth and T'was The Night Before Christmas, this particular book, a popup from my own childhood. We talk about our day and they of course tell us how excited they are about tomorrow.... and then we get them settled into bed -- all of them in Noah's bed (as he has the biggest one.). Then I tuck them in and give them a kiss and listen to their excited giggles as I head back up the stairs.... Oh how I love the magic.
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