Our family has a very unique tradition that started many years ago, while we were living in England. One year mommy had made many costumes for Christmas and thought it would be fun to dress up as if we were the shepherds on Christmas Eve and eat like they would have 2000 years ago - well, now 2010 years ago and it has stuck ever since.
The meal is a Mediterranean meal with flat bread, fish, kabobs, mediterranean vegetables, and rice. It was a huge hit - we even had shrimp for Devon.
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| The guys: Robert, Mark and Devon |
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| The girls: Jessica, Betsy and Marissa |
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| Jessica and Marissa with a kabob |
After dinner is done and cleaned up, we sang Christmas Carols by the fireplace. It's such a great way to get into the spirit. Then Robert, Jessica, Devon and Marissa surpassed Mark and I by putting on a "Joy to the World" nativity play for us. The four of them did such a great (and humorous) rendition of Christ's birth story. I'm not saying anything more than that except that Robert was Mary, Jessica was Joseph, Marissa was the angel and and donkey, Devon represented all three wise men, and later the shepherds. Very creative!
Well, when it gets around to bed time, the Lowe children like to snuggle up in the master bedroom for visions of sugar plums as they fade off to sleep on the very special night. Robert slept on the chase, and everyone else pulled in a mattress. They love this - but they don't get to sleep for a while...
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| Robert is all ready for Christmas - robe, froggy slippers, etc. |
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| Devon playing with Jasper before tucking in for the night |
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