On this Christmas Eve

Christmas eve in our home, like so many others,  in steeped in traditions. Some are ours alone and some we have inherited through the generations.

One of the things we do after dinner is we get the kids together and we wrap the presents for other family members. Each child no matter how small has some sort of job, that changes with each gift. Some handle the tape, some get to pick the wrapping, an other picks and prints the tags, it is all a very organised mess that makes the children involved and wastes time keeps the littlest ones occupied until just about bedtime . One of the jobs is to be the DJ, to pick and keep the festive music flowing. A very important and sought after job around here. This year that honour fell on the shoulders of my 6 year old. She had a great idea to use youtube as the source of her selections. Sure why not?

Knock yourself out. For some bizarre I had some misguided vision of songs that express CHRISTmas sort of like this:




Did I forget to mention she is 6? What we were serenaded, for about an hour to an hour and a half , with  57 million ( OK that was a slight exaggeration, very slight mind you) renditions and repeats of the following :



I guess I forgot she was only 6, all the younger were delighted, they danced and sang, laughed and a good time was had by all under four feet, I am sure they will sleep with visions of hippos dancing in their heads....

Merry Christmas all, be safe, find moments of true contentment , make memories, be family, most of all love and be loved.

Grey.