I am going to celebrate Christmas twice this year. Once this weekend and the second time on the 25th of December. I am lloking forward to this. Not many people get to celebrate twice. Well..... unless you are one of the British Royals. Then you get to celebrate everything twice. You have a public birthday and a private birthday, a public christmas and a private christmas, a public funeral and a private funeral.
Anyway this weekend I get to open presents and be with friends. On the 25th I shall go to church- which is usually what we do for Christmas. When we were kids the first thing my sister and I would do when we woke up was open our presents. As we grew up going to church got more importance. So all four of us- my parents, sister and I- would go for the early morning service. After that we would go across the road to the drive- in restaurant, Woodlands, to have dosa and other South Indian delicacies. Then we would go home and everyone would sit together and open their presents. After that its family time. The whole family gets together for lunch.
I guess the biggest tradition in my house at Christmas time is decorating the Christmas tree. My sister and I love doing it. We take the huge dusty boxes out of the storage cupboard, call our friends over and then begin. My mom is usually around to help us put up the tree. Then all the kids put the decorations up. MOst of it is old stuff from my grandmother's collection. My father is usually in charge of putting the lights on the tree. Then we all sit down and admire it.
When my dog was alive he always thought that he was small enough to get under the tree. He almost brought the whole thing tumbling down once. Another time he tried eating all the presents.
I miss Christmas back home... So this year is good.... I'm going to have it twice.... :) I can't wait for the celebrations to begin!!!