Here is how Christmas Eve goes down at my house. We have dinner with my dad's mother, Edna, and then open gifts. The aforementioned dinner used to consist of roast beef, mashed potatoes, etc...but nowadays we go for something even fancier. We have pizza now. I know that nothing gets me more excited about Christmas and the holiday season than a good pepperoni pizza. Well, maybe a nice round of Gregorian chants.

Usually we go to my grandmother's house, but this year my grandmother came down here. We had our pizza and then we got around to what Christmas is all about - presents! the birth of Jesus Christ.

My dad read from Matthew 1, and we reflected on the deep significance of the omnipotent eternal God wrapping himself in human flesh for about 10 seconds before we got started on the exchanging of gifts.