For their first Christmas, we laid our three week old babies under the tree while we opened their gifts. The boys were just learning to walk by their second Christmas and talking was new to them last Christmas. Everyone remembers Benji saying “Oh my goodness!” each time we opened a gift. Those were all dress rehearsals for this year, which was their first real Christmas. This year, all the wonder and anticipation of the season was in their eyes.
They talked about this being baby Jesus’ birthday and pointed him out with each nativity scene that we passed. The twins chattered constantly about Santa Clause. They weren’t scared of him this year, they literally embraced him. The boys sang Christmas songs and watched Christmas cartoons. Christmas was real to them this year.
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