Merry Christmas to all of you wonderful people!
I hope your day was filled with good times and family, I know mine was.
It sounds a bit weird, but my family and I celebrate on Christmas Eve and traditionally eat our Christmas dinner on the 24th before opening our gifts that night (I actually grew up thinking everybody did this), so I had a bit of a head start on the holiday festivities!
Here’s a quick recap:
On Monday night, Kyle and I drove over to a neighborhood to go check out some Christmas lights. The people there always go all out and we had a wonderful time wandering around and sipping on some hot chocolate. 
The morning of Christmas Eve, my sister and I opened presents sent from one of our Norwegian Aunts. She had handmade us stunning Norwegian sweaters and we were shocked at how beautiful they were when we put them on! It’s obvious how talented she is at creating such gorgeous pieces, but it still blows my mind that she made these completely from scratch. I wish I was that talented!
I love how stylishly they fit and their feminine cut, which makes them cinch in at the waist instead of just hanging off of you like most sweaters.
At around 5:30, we headed over to my relatives house to get our festivities started! I live only 5 minutes away from most of my cousins and my grandparents and we’ve always been a tight knit group. Our holidays are always spent in comfortable company!
My family!
Dinner was fantastic and consisted of a big roast, creamed corn, roasted vegetables, homemade bread, salad, and mashed potatoes.
Then it was time to exchange presents!
We had 21 people in one house, so things were crowded in the happiest of ways! I love that we have some cousins that are still little. There’s nothing like the joy and excitement that come from little kids on Christmas. It completes the season!
My sister and I with our Obachan!
I felt completely overwhelmed this Christmas by the presents given to me. Kyle went out of his way to get me a gorgeous diamond bracelet (holy smokes, I think I drooled all over it!) and made me a beautiful handmade jewelry box. My Dad jokingly said that Kyle will need to get me a lot more jewelry to help fill it up- HAH!
My parents also generously got my sister and I our own iPad minis. I didn’t even know there was such a thing. Apple keeps on cranking out all this new technology and I can’t keep up!
Tomorrow I head out to Tahoe with my extended family, Kyle, and a friend from college. I’m looking forward to skiing, but not to the 8 hour drive!
Hope you had a WONDERFUL Christmas!
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