Christmas Eve / Christmas Morning

When we got married, perhaps the biggest debate we had in the first 6 months was when we should open our Christmas presents.  I grew up with the German tradition of opening most gifts on Christmas Eve and then saving Santa's gifts for the morning.  I loved the feeling opening gifts in the dark evening.  It was a quiet and comforting time of day.

My husband firmly believed that this practice was sacrilegious. End of story.

Ends up, we (sort of) compromised, and opened one gift on Christmas Eve, saving the rest for the morning.  Of course, now it doesn't really matter to me the time when we gather together as family and share gifts.

During my childhood we took few pictures at Christmas, but this photo tells me a few things.  1) We did not lack for number of presents. 2) We apparently did not have a tree (nor a fireplace in our apartment). 3) We had really, really ugly curtains.

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone!