The day after we got back from Mississippi (the 27th), we had another Christmas with my family in Greensboro. We got up early that morning to open presents...
My favorite gift from our Greensboro Christmas was a Swedish (here I go again with my heritage obsession) Christmas decoration called a Tomte. My mother actually ordered it directly from Sweden! Legend has it that the Tomte is a "little person" who is sort of a "barn elf." He lives in the barn (or in our case I guess it would be our storage building) and watches over the livestock. On Christmas Eve, one is supposed to leave porridge out for the Tomte to eat. If you do, he will continue to take good care of the animals and the land . If you don't, he is likely to get very irritated and play tricks on the family. We think it is a fun story and plan to let our kids in on the fun one day while telling them that it is just that, a story ( we are afraid to let them think it is real - we think that having them go to school and telling everyone that they have a "barn elf" living out back is a sure fire trip to the mental hospital for them and us). Anyway, I really LOVED the Tomte and can't wait to display it next Christmas!
After presents, David, Mom, Dad, Uncle Chuck, and I had Christmas lunch. It was delicious and fun to have ANOTHER holiday meal!!!
After a great Christmas, we had more celebrating the next day! My parents took us out to dinner to celebrate David's birthday. Afterwards, we came back and had some cake and a fun little celebration. Happy Birthday, Sweetheart! I'm so glad you were born!!! :-)
We were so blessed to have so much to celebrate over the holidays! Thanks be to God for our wonderful family and friends and, most of all, the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ!
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