As I've already mentioned, our December was filled with sickness and Christmas Eve was no exception. When I got the email from Robyn on December 23rd saying she was having emergency dental surgery, it just seemed like it was time to surrender! So, I emailed Amy, we talked, and just decided it was better if we canceled the Christmas Eve celebration. We decided we would just celebrate together on New Year's Eve. Honestly, I can't imagine having gotten together on Christmas Eve - we just weren't in good shape. But, without our festivities, Christmas just wasn't Christmas. We've celebrated Christmas Eve together every year since 1989. One year we celebrated together a different day but it just wasn't the same so we went back to Christmas Eve. We started in 11th grade at Robyn's house. (Do you remember how icy it was one night coming out of Robyn's old house??? And it was crazy cold that year!) We started with us, our moms, and the younger sisters. We have added boyfriends who became our husbands (did they ever really have a choice about it?), and 6 girls between the three of us. When people ask me about my Christmas Eve plans, I absolutely love to tell them about our tradition and most can't believe I still keep in such close contact with my high school friends. I tell them that they aren't just my high school friends; they're family! Having no siblings and really very little family, I've always felt exceptionally blessed to have been able to create an extended family with such wonderful people! I hope they know how important they are in our lives! 
So, our Christmas Eve celebrations were postponed until New Year's Eve. No making reindeer food like usual - we'll get back to doing that next year! This year, we made fondue instead! This has become a mini New Year's traditions - we make fondue and celebrate the new year at 8:00 pm. This year, we were a little late - I think we celebrated at about 8:30 pm but, since this was our Christmas Eve celebration, we had to exchange presents. In order to celebrate early, we set the clocks ahead so the older girls won't realize that it isn't midnight (At least they didn't until they got to the car and read the clock out there. Robyn - I told you she'd see it!) This year, it was far too cold to bang pots and pans outside. But, thanks to hats and noise makers, we had plenty of fun celebrating inside. While it wasn't Christmas Eve, it certainly was lots of fun!
Happy New Year!!!
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