Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve has always been a special time for my family.  Since I was maybe 2 years old, my family went to the home of next door neighbors, The Humphreys.  My parents moved to Asheville in 2003, but we still manage to spend Christmas Eve with The Humphreys.  I, of course, always have my camera.

This is Grayce Mae, my little girl.

(I'm actually in this photo)

For as long as we have been having Christmas Eve dinners together there have been a few traditions.  The first is Christmas Party Poppers that have a joke, a toy, and a colored paper hat in them.  We all wear the hats.  The second is the hanging of spoons on noses.  Here is grandmother Sarah showing off her skills.

After dinner we have another tradition.  It started as Dona reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to the children.  As we grew up and learned to read, the children joined in the reading. Over 25 years have passed, and we still each read a page.  







My "other mother" -- Dona Humphreys