Christmas highlights 2025

 We had a wonderful Christmas this past year. We had our "big kids" home for a few days, and that was fun. On the 23rd, there was a "Christmas skate with Santa" in the afternoon that my husband and three younger kids went to together. I'm not an ice skater, so I did not participate. My two middle kids have "Elf" costumes that they wore ice skating!  Haha

 

On Christmas Eve, we went to our church's candlelight service and then home to open one gift. My 2 younger girls had gotten Grinch sweatshirts in early December, so we bought the sweatpants to go with them.

Oldest daughter opens pajamas...

My hubby got a new t-shirt...

Here's the girls in their matching sweatshirts and pants!

They played our table-top air hockey before we began "The Polar Express".

Our family photo after our Christmas Eve service... it took about 10 pictures to get a good one!

My hubby got some new slippers called "Kyrgies" that he really wanted... he loves them!

Our youngest got a Nintendo switch game that she's wanted for a while...

M got an electric tea kettle for her dorm room that she wanted...

The bigs got a blanket that they really wanted...

My mom was here for the day and she loved her pink, striped shirt that we gave her!

M appliquéd letters onto several sweatshirts for gifts... I have one that says, "Jesus Saves."

Our oldest daughter got a hand-stitched bag that says, "Thank You for the Music."

We saved the last gift for M... I began writing a devotional book for her!

After my son's girlfriend got off of work, we opened gifts with her. She liked her new scrub top!

My son bought her this hat that says, "He's Golfing."

We used part of my husband's Christmas bonus to buy a large, wooden shelf to hold our games! We like it because now we can see them all!

We finished our 1,000-piece Christmas puzzle (from my hubby's mom and sister-in-law) a few days after Christmas! It was a good challenge!

How was your Christmas? I'd love to hear about it!

Luke 2:4--15

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem, the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David, a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Suddenly, a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”