Christmas has come and gone. Ever so quietly yet quickly it slipped in accompanied with the anxiety of last minute gift ideas and whether it was even necessary to work on those last minute ideas. However, this Christmas was certainly a bit different than those before. As is typical, the girls stayed up way past their bedtimes in anticipation of what the next day held. Midnight found them all still awake with the exception of A and E. So I was quite surprised when I woke up in a panic thinking I had missed the girls eyeing their packages from Santa and found each of them still fast asleep. In fact, the only one that was up and rushed downstairs was S. and she was the one to go back and wake up her sisters. Well, except for C. who protested the early rising and finally came down about 40-45 mins later protesting loudly. So the girls seemed happy and grateful for their gifts. Which was a big relief and a pleasant surprise as I was worried about whether they would be disappointed with the fewer gifts that they received. After opening gifts, we had our advent devotional which told of how Christ brought the light of the world into the world. And for me that was the most wonderful part of the day!
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