Christmas (Eve) is Here!

Well, the kids have now made it to Christmas Eve!  Presents are purchased and wrapped, sugar cookies are made, broken mixmaster is fixed with duct tape like Red Green would do (very appropriate to the season, I think!) and we are about ready for the next couple of days of sharing holidays with a few friends.  Although our children do and will (hopefully) have good Christmases, they are sure different than those I had as a child with both set of grandparents and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins around.