Christmas Eve started with one of our favorite traditions: breakfast at IHOP where we leave as big of a tip as we can. This year I was super late to get it organized so only one family from the neighborhood could come. So I started inviting family members and ended up with a pretty big group! It was fun and we left a tip of over $600!
Turned out that our server's mother had died on Christmas Eve a year before so it felt like it was meant to be to have her as our server.
This year was an "off" year for us meaning all of our kids were elsewhere. I was worried it would be a depressing sort of Christmas so kind of at the last minute I talked my family into have a Christmas Eve party at my house.
We did potluck, games and enjoyed each other's company. Everyone seemed to have a good time and I was SO GLAD we did it.
