Decemeber seems like about 50 days long. We used to do a big crab cook for Liz's birthday, but that's morphed into a Christmas party the last few years, and this year we had the most kids ever at the party. I don't think that record will stand very long. Hams were smoked, lasagnas were baked, and wine was mulled- it was our official kick off to the holidays!
Christmas at the Lees was early this year in order to accommodate everyone's increasingly busy schedules. I liked the early family celebration because it forced us to get our shopping and wrapping taken care of early (thanks to Amazon Prime). It also lengthens a highly underrated part of the holiday season- the time between Xmas and New Year. We did our big family holiday on Dec 22, giving us NINE WHOLE DAYS before NYE to bask in a sunny post-holiday state.
Turns out we needed those days because we had something like six birthday parties for Huelan. The first one was the same day as the Lee Family Xmas. Before dessert, Grandma orchestrates a set change, this year the holiday table cloths made way for a pirate motif. And the parties continued for the next two weeks. If we counted a year for every birthday party, the girl would be like 27 by now.
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