It's the party we look forward to all year long! Holly and Jen even risked their lives to drive through a snow storm to be with us. Tradition says we wear our pajamas, eat lots of food, laugh and talk until the wee hours of the morning and play whatever silly game we've come up with. (This year was particularly silly.)
Some might hope that these pictures never get published, but they are memories that are way too good to go undocumented and besides, I feel quite safe that very few eyes will see them here anyway, so here goes.
We always have Christmas so-good cookies and a variety of holiday M&Ms. Our impressive spread of savory food covered the kitchen table, but I didn't get a picture of it.
Camille made this adorable "Santa Baby" banner. Guessing which friend matched with which picture proved quite difficult!
That's me, number 9:
We used these mini stockings for another game:
But the craziness really happened when we played the photo booth challenge. This game was so fun at Alyssa's birthday party, we decided to do the same idea for this gathering. We divided in two teams and then had to the create poses on the posted list. Alyssa and Linsey served as our photographers and judges.
Here are some of my favorite photos:
Christmas family photo
Away in a Manger
Up on the Housetop
Maids-a-milking
Dancers dancing
Up on the Housetop
Partridge in a Pear Tree (Kathi's hand placement looks questionable, but she insists was NOT touching Sali-Kai.)
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Santa and his elves
Swans-a-swimming
Lords-a-leaping
It was great fun looking at all the pictures. My team won, of course, though some might question the judging, since both of the judges' mothers were on that team.
Also among the craziness, was Sali-Kai's demonstration of her impressive cheese cutting skills.
And then she did a dramatic reading:
Oh boy I love these friends of mine. So much fun!!
Jen, Katy, Tara, Kathi, Holly, Sali-Kai
Michaelynn, Camille, Nannette, Melissa and Jackie
Until next year, girls!
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