Every year just before Christmas, the family agrees on an outfit "theme." The year before it was blue; last year we wore floral print clothes; this year we wore purple. Even our decor had a hint of purple.
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| The sea of gifts shows just how big a family we are! |
Traditionally, every family member gets busy in the morning of Christmas Eve to prepare for Noche Buena. This year we prepared ham, potato shrimp salad, chicken relleno, parsley rice, molo soup, charlotte russe, and fruit salad. When everything was set, we got ready for the 8:30 pm mass at the chapel just in front our house.
After the mass, we tried to have our annual family Christmas photo taken, but it was a tad too difficult coordinating a big family that includes a dog, a baby, and two little boys.
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| Our family (no in-laws and kids) |
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| The entire family now |
Following the "pictorial," it was now time to eat a little then have the Christmas family program, which is usually just a mishmash of performances by family members willing to look silly for a night. My niece played the guitar while my brother-in-law sang
Wonderwall; the two boys sang and danced to Justin Bieber's
Never Say Never; and Miguel did a reading of
Si Inggolok at ang Planeta Pakaskas.
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| Rocking out |
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| Miguel reading his book |
After all that, it was finally time to open the gifts, which of course made the kids bounce with excitement.
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| Total chaos |
When all that were done and the kids were busy playing with their toys, it was time for the mamas to unwind.
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| Mango margarita - cheers! |
Now the countdown to 2012 begins!
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