It’s Christmas eve! Seems like all the preparation and busy-ness leads right up to THIS day. Either it’s a day of celebrations with family and friends, or a LAST day to get it all done. In the west coast office, it was just a nice, low-key day. Santa knows I have needed one of those for a long time! It was a day to just SIGH and relax and actually enjoy doing not-a-whole-lot! (Of course, that was made much easier this year since Mama C is here, helping with all the cooking and household tasks!) It was a great day to hole up inside, work on a few creative projects, and just hang out with my boys. My favorite moments during the holidays are pretty simple, just the quiet times when there is not much that NEEDS to be done. It’s hard to find them sometimes, in all the hustle-bustle of the season.
This is the 4th year in a row that ONE of our four boys is away from home over the holidays. My oldest son spent two Christmases in South Africa, so having him 10,00o miles away was a bit hard. He’s now a cop here in Tucson, and this is the first Christmas that he has a house of his own. But he’s here, tonight… I told him that if he wanted Santa to come he had to be sleepin’ at our house for Christmas eve…! Our second son is in Mexico this Christmas… again. I talked to him on the phone a couple of days ago, and tomorrow… we’ll call him and everyone that’s here will get to talk and laugh and hear his voice again. Our two boys still at home are both teenagers… but still, they love Christmas and all that it brings. (Especially ALL the home-baked cookies that their grandma brought with her!) Maybe next year all 4 of my boys will be here, sleeping under one roof, waiting for Christmas morning.
I LOVE seeing my boys grow up… but on Christmas eve? Man, I sure miss those freshly-bathed little boys and footie pajamas. But still, they are tucked into their beds now, dreaming of…sugarplums? I’m not sure, but I know that I too, need to get to bed, so Santa can make his visits over the warm, sunny Southwest!
This marks our 12th blog post in a row (during the holidays for goodness sake!), and for THESE Lizzie B girls…well, we’re just about as tired as Santa after his long trek around the world. When we came up with the idea of a 12-day presentfest, we thought it would be a fun way to end the year and THANK all of our friends and fans and customers with some fun gifts in the mail. We had NO IDEA how much we would be inspired, touched, and tickled by all of the comments that were left on each post. So THANK YOU, friends, for making this a fun way to connect with each other and share Christmastime traditions and stories.
Our winner tonight is Julie B (who drove til the wee hours of the morning to arrive for her Christmas eve festivities!). JULIE…please send your address to LizzieBgirls@gmail.com so we can get you on the big Santa shipping list!
So there is one last chance to win a present! Comment on this post and we’ll pick our 12th winner tomorrow, on Christmas day. What’s been YOUR favorite holiday moment this year?
