Holiday Parties - Advent Day #7

I do not remember any holiday parties, but we did have lots of family gatherings. Especially on Christmas Day. Our whole family would gather at my house (which was my grandfather and grandmothers house).  Fourteen plus of us. Even after some of us were married, we always went to their house Christmas morning. We would open gifts for a little while, eat breakfast, then back to more gifts, because then others would have arrived by then. What great, great memories. So when we all got together it was like having a big party.

The Chinese Gift Exchange

 For the past eight years, we have had a New Year's Eve Party at our house. It is usually our church family and family. We meet at 8 pm, we eat, we play games, waiting for the the new year to come in. Every year our gathering seem to grow by one or two, because one of the young people will have a new baby that year. This year will be no exception, Kylie (Austin & Jordyn's cousin) will be attending her first New Years Eve party this year. One of the main attractions at this party has always been a Chinese Gift Exchange. We have a blast with this. The gifts aren't that expensive (so everyone can participate), but we sure have fun playing it.