This day used to be one of my favorite days of the whole Christmas season… All throughout my college years my friends and I always talked about how special and wonderful Christmas was but you never really got to enjoy the thrill of Christmas morning with your closest friends because you were with family… That though drove us to create our own “Christmas Eve Eve” gathering… For the first 5 years we did it… me, Matt, Jill, Christina, Curtis, Chaz, Carla, Malorie and whoever else was in the group would gather at Brenda Blackwell’s… If you know Brenda then you know we had a great time… Man I loved that day…
We would eat a HUGE dinner, then open presents and be silly just like it was Christmas morning… Then we would stay up late and fall asleep dreaming of sugar plums and all that jazz… Then, the next morning, Brenda would wake us with Kenny G on the CD player and the smell of bacon frying on a griddle and pancake syrup was almost more than you could stand without trying to take a bite out of the air… It was AWESOME… Somehow all the magic of Christmas seem to show up 2 days early for us…Then we would pack up all of our gifts and head on to our families to get more and relive that Christmas magic one more day…
Unfortunately, people grow up and move on…things change and traditions do too…Last year was the first time in many years that I didn’t have “Christmas Eve Eve”… I tried a few times after college, but it just wasn’t the same… Maybe one day it will be…
Neener, if you read this… Merry “Christmas Eve Eve” I miss you!!!
1 comment:
Oh, Jed, you have made me cry. i called Christina and left a message to call me and called Carla and read your blog to her. She cried too. What a blast we had over the years. We're going to do the Remix thing next year. I have already marked my calendar. Remember the year that Malorie and I went to bed early and you guys went to Wal-Mart in your Christmas pj's. What a hoot!! I love you and Matt. We'll plan something soon to get together!!
Thanks for the loving memories...Mama B
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