"December Photo-a-Day..." Day 24

"Favorite Part of Christmas Eve"

"What could be in these boxes?"

It's hard to say what part of Christmas Eve is really my favorite. I love the Christmas Eve service: all of the singing and reading the Christmas story. My family's church began their service with a Christmas carol flash mob which was, in Katie's words, "Awesome!"
Then we did the traditional songs and Scripture readings. Someone in the church put together a hysterical video of the Christmas story told by the little children and performed by the youth group.
And, of course, there was Silent Night and the lighting of the candles.

When we got home we had a delicious fondue dinner (another great, and recent, Christmas Eve tradition).
And of course, there is the annual Christmas Eve gift, that we always pretend not to know about. This tradition is much older than I remember. Apparently we've (I've) been getting pajamas on Christmas Eve for 23 years, rather than the 16 that I remember.
Needless to say, I just love Christmas Eve.