Christmas was the most celebrated holiday with my family, so I always loved it.
I have made Christmas a big deal in our family, and now my children love Christmas even more than I do.
We love celebrating with friends at church, but the best times are at home with the family. We decorate the second week of November each year and having decorations up for so long before Christmas really builds up the excitement. On Christmas morning, we all stay in pajamas and each breakfast together, then we open gifts and sing Christmas carols. Last Christmas was a little different. We all came out to eat breakfast together, and the house was freezing. We checked the thermostat, and it was set for seventy-two degrees like usual, but it was only forty degrees in the house. I could not believe how cold it was. Obviously, there was something wrong, but we did not know what. My husband checked the furnace and found that it was off. He tried to get the furnace to turn back on, but he did not have any luck. We did not want to ruin Christmas for the kids, so we all dressed up in our now suits, hat, and gloves. It ended up being one of the best Christmas celebrations that we have ever had. We just adapted and overcame. Of course, we called an HVAC technician to check out our furnace the next day, and it was a small problem that needed to be fixed. It did not cost very much, but we were just thankful for the memories made because of the bad circumstance.