Throughout the pandemic everyone has gotten creative with how to get together remotely. Because of that our families thought of fun creative ways to share the holidays together. This has been a super big blessing for us because we have rarely spent Christmas with extended family. So we are really grateful to them for suggesting such great activities together. And I hope we will do them again next year.
We acted out the story of Christ's birth with Jake's family. All the grandkids were the actors and Grandma and Grandpa were the narators. It was a little bit chaotic and unfocused, but it was absolutely beautiful. I felt the overwhelming love that our Saviour has for me and all of his children. The excitement of all the kids was contageous.
Not pictured, but also included in our remote celebrating was a gift exchange with my siblings and partners, playng online games with my family (Pace loved the t-shirt design game), and my parents joining us for our Christmas morning gift opening.
We also celebrated on our own of course. One day we went to see the illuminations at Ashikaga Flower Park. They had the most elaborate light display I ahve ever seen. We had a lot of fun exploring them.
On Christmas eve we had Saurbratten and Klose. Yum, seriously one of my favorite meals ever. And here are a few pictures from our Christmas morning.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
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