It was the loveliest Halfway Christmas celebration, our seventh one!
As Christmas music played throughout the house and the Yule log burned on the TV screen, I was once again so happy that, thanks to Shulamith's daughter Kennedy when she was barely three, our family created this pretend holiday. The first was in June, 2017.
It's the perfect way to gather in late June and experience a tiny taste of Christmas when we are halfway there! There isn't much stress to this holiday. I set up my little Charlie Brown Christmas tree. We draw names ahead of time, and everyone buys a present ($20 limit) for the person they draw. We eat good food, drink lots of Diet Coke (like every other day), open our one gift each, listen to our favorite Christmas
music (Neil Diamond, of course!), and sometimes play games or watch a Christmas movie.
Of course the gift opening is always the most exciting part, and this year was no exception. Here are some highlights:
In addition to "Halfway," we also added Seth's birthday to the celebration. He was in Japan for five weeks in May and has been working nearly every day since he returned, so we missed his birthday June 14th. Glad for the chance to finally celebrate our favorite Seth!
yummy banana cream pie
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