Christmas Day Recap

This was our first Christmas not at my parent's house, so it was strange but nice to wake up at our house. We enjoyed sleeping in, and then lounged while watching the rest of Bad Santa. We also watched a few episodes of Jeopardy! (we like to play along) that we had DVR'd before opening gifts.

We made poor Chester be Chester Claus. He grudgingly went along with it.

My thoughtful parents had sent a bunch of stocking stuffers back with us, so we had fun opening them.

Chester got a new pawprint ornament with his puppy cow costume in it that we put on the tree right by the Santa hat pug ornament from Christine.

Then we opened the gifts, with Chester's help, from my Grandma C.

A Target gift card + blanket for me, and Gander Mountain for Adam!

Next, we dug in to the stocking stuffers we had bought for each other and Chester.

Adam hit this one out of the park and got me some of my favorite candy (Good N Plenty & Smarties), as well as a pug puppy mini-calendar, and fuzzy socks.

"Did you get the loofah?"  I also gave him some Kahlua coffee, dark chocolate tortue, and popcorn seasonings (chilli lime and white cheddar).

Chester got in on the action too.

We got Chester a bunch of toys to fill up his new toy box including a fleece rope, 2 Occupi (like Kong's), new red squid aka Ollie, and crunchy poinsettia.

He also got some dental chews that were not made in China (surprisingly hard to find!)

Lastly, we exchanged our gifts with each other.

I got Adam a subscription to a fishing magazine, 2 more Port glasses, and the Frabill fishing rod he wanted.

He got me a Jamie Oliver cookbook I wanted and a pug necklace I REALLY wanted. It was made by Chocolate and Steel from a drawing by Gemma Correll. I LOVE IT!

It's even personalized on the back! There may have been tears when I opened it.

After presents, we enjoyed a leisurely afternoon at home and even played a few games on the Wii (we haven't in at least a year!).

Around 3, we headed over to Adam's parent's house to celebrate Christmas with them and Aaron. Adam made his delicious hot artichoke and jalepeno dip, so we all enjoyed that before exchanging presents. We also gave Adam's mom her birthday gift, which was Adam's idea - a bottle of St Germain liqueur (my fav) with tonic water and lemon to make some drinks.

As always, we received many thoughtful generous gifts including a Missoni scarf for me, SmartWool socks, a sweater, and gloves.

Adam received a few shirts, Wild sweatshirt, fishing rod carrier,

and the ice fishing rod locker he's been wanting.

Adam even got Cards Against Humanity from Aaron, which had been on my last minute Christmas list. We were excited to get it!

I also got a nice tote bag from Aaron.

Chester got a soft fuzzy blanket,

and lots of toys in his stocking. He's particularly obsessed with the two squeaking ones.

This year, Chester got a new doggy inspired stocking. It's adorable!

We gave Aaron a Home Depot gift card for his new place, as well as some beer selected because we had toured that brewery in Milwaukee (LakeFront).

We gave Curt and Robin a variety of things including Cafe du Monde chicory coffee from New Orleans, pralines, prosecco, port, a mustard variety gift pack, and flavored olive oil gift pack. Of course Chester was a big help to anyone that was opening a gift!

For dinner, we had Robin's delicious Crab Chowder along with salad and garlic bread.

Then we sat down and played Cards Against Humanity together. It's so inappropriate and hilarious. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

Back at home, we ended the night by talking to my family over facetime. It was so much fun to see them all!

Even though Christmas was different than it has been in years past, it was still wonderful. Merry Christmas!