Good Old Fashioned Comfort

Before you have children, traditions between a married couple sort of seem silly, don't they?  Maybe not, but it's easy to say they aren't as fun.  Since having Nolan, we have thought a lot more about traditions and how we would like to start some with him.

One tradition that my family always had was to open Christmas presents after a big Christmas dinner with immediate and extended family on Christmas Eve and we would open Christmas presents from "Santa" on Christmas morning.  TWO days of presents and always something to look forward to in the morning.  Except for the impending doom that Santa brings into the home in the middle of the night of course.  Oh the nightmares I had every Christmas Eve until we were told Santa wasn't real. Nights where I would share a bed with both my sisters as other family had the other rooms and having to hold my pee in as I was so scared to leave that room for fear I would come across Santa while he is breaking into our home... ANYWAY (deep breath).  Scott's family opened all Christmas presents on Christmas morning.    We both think each way is the best and what we will end up doing as Nolan gets older is still up for debate.  Why wouldn't we think that each of these traditions are normal though? It is what we grew up with, it's what happened every single year of our lives, and it was what we felt comfortable with.

Scott has mentioned that every Sunday his family would eat grilled cheese and mac n' cheese for lunch after church.  My family would always go out to eat after church.  Maybe this is something that we could compromise on.  After all, there are 52 Sundays every year.  Sometimes you just need that reminder of being young again with your family when life was easy.  Sometimes you just need some good old fashioned comfort.