We have a family tradition of having a very special party on Christmas Eve. It's the time when we focus on the true meaning of Christmas and the gifts of the Savior. We get together with close friends and act out the Nativity, eat yummy food, feed Santa cookies and his reindeer oats and veggie wreaths (okay, maybe that part isn't the "real" meaning of Christmas, but it must be done) and end the party early to get ready for our long winter's nap. It's a great time.
I was beginning to feel overwhelmed by this point, so I wanted to keep the party small. We weren't sure if the Buskas would be able to come over because Sarah had just had a c-section a few days before, but they surprised us and felt up to coming.
I made hand puppets a few years ago, and the kids used them to do a very hilarious production of the Nativity. "One of the most irreverent we've ever had," said James.
But, we got er done and headed out the door for a flash look at the famous Christmas lights of Rigby. Okay, they are not famous, and they were sparse this year maybe due to the economy.
We stopped and shot photos of an awesome tree that was really breathtaking in it's frozen state under the snow-mottled light of a street lamp.
The kids made a huge batch of reindeer food by combining oats and magical glitter and threw it all over the front porch so the reindeer would have a snack while they waited for Santa to unload all of those presents. 
Place cut carrots in a bowl. Put a cup in the center and fill the bowl with water.
Put outside (ideally) a few days before Christmas Eve to freeze hard. Or just pop it into the freezer.
Take out the cup and pop out the wreath. Tie with a festive ribbon and place on a tree in the yard.
Amazingly all that remained were a couple of chewed chunks of carrots. Those reindeer were hungry this year!
We stopped and shot photos of an awesome tree that was really breathtaking in it's frozen state under the snow-mottled light of a street lamp.
The kids made a huge batch of reindeer food by combining oats and magical glitter and threw it all over the front porch so the reindeer would have a snack while they waited for Santa to unload all of those presents.
And lastly, before the little ones were snuggled up in their beds, we put out the reindeer wreath.
Here is where I got the idea for the wreath. Her pics are much better than mine. She probably didn't take them last minute on Christmas Eve!
Place cut carrots in a bowl. Put a cup in the center and fill the bowl with water.
Put outside (ideally) a few days before Christmas Eve to freeze hard. Or just pop it into the freezer.
Take out the cup and pop out the wreath. Tie with a festive ribbon and place on a tree in the yard.
Amazingly all that remained were a couple of chewed chunks of carrots. Those reindeer were hungry this year! Okay, now that we are sure that our children know the true meaning of Christmas--Santa, bring it!
1 comments:
What fun! I love the wreath idea - who knew?! We missed putting out Adam's "reindeer" food though. Maybe I'll remember next year. :)
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