The Hughes family has never been much for keeping to strict traditions. We have had Christmas anywhere. I have always thought that this meant that we didn't have any traditions but what I am realizing in my old age is that we have always had many traditions they just have more to do with the things we do and how we interact more so than the actual activities we do and it makes me appreciate my family for that. On the other hand, one of the many things I LOVE about Matt and his family is that they have lots of traditions and Christmas and Christmas eve are full of them! So this year we combined the two.
My parents came out for graduation and Christmas but their flight left early (like 7 a.m) on Christmas morning! So, in typical Hughes fashion, we got creative and made it work because we wanted to infuse as much of Matt's traditional Christmas into our holiday. We pushed all the celebrating up a day so our Christmas eve was December 23, we woke up on Christmas eve and had Christmas. When I took my parents to the airport on Christmas morning it was a while before it dawned on me that it was actually Christmas morning.
We got ready for Santa and made cookies and gingerbread houses. Yummy!
Matt made his families traditional Christmas Eve dinner- Lobster, peas and potatoes. I love that tradition! It was a perfect dinner and we are very thankful for our chef!
While he was cooking we ran down to the beach and he came and met us for the sunset.
After dinner the official reading of, Twas the Night Before Christmas was read and then we tried to figure out how to present presents since both of our families did it very differently. An ongoing point of contention:).
Christmas Morning! The kids got lots of fun little toys. Nothing too big or crazy but enough to argue over. No matter who was playing with one thing the other wanted it:)
The only picture of the kids in front of our crazy tree. Any ornament at their level eventually got broken or removed:)
After a busy day celebrating we went and joined our extended Hawaii Family for Christmas dinner with everyone at the
Buelows but to them (and the rest of the world) it was actually
Christmas eve.
The kids had their own tables and the adults ate out on the patio. Thanks for hosting Buelows.
Mele Kalikimaka!
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