Recipe for a Merry Family Christmas Celebration

Combine the following ingredients:

-homemade Christmas cards

-little elves to help decorate the tree

-a Christmas Eve spent barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen

-a vomiting 5 3/4 year old excited about her new sunshiny nightgown

-two very groggy (and therefore extremely well-behaved) girls at Midnight Mass

-a Christmas morning present-opening frenzy...



-and its aftermath

-a scrumptious yet non-labor-intensive Christmas feast

-and two lovely girls (who got dressed just before dinner) with their favorite presents, one of which was broken 8 hours after it was unwrapped.

Mix the above together and enjoy!
(Note: vomiting 5 3/4 year-old and broken favorite toy optional--certainly not recommended)