We are officially on the Christmas rotation and this year we spent Christmas in Ohio with Brian's family. It was my first Christmas here and I got to see and experience first hand all of his family's holiday traditions. It started with mass on Christmas Eve, followed by a gathering at his Grandparent's house. We stayed at his Mom's house on Christmas Eve and celebrated three individual Christmases on Christmas day: one at his Mom's, one at his Dad's, and another at his Mom's. Then, on Christmas night, we headed back home. It was a whirlwind adventure, but really nice to be able to spend Christmas with Brian and his family.
Eventhough I missed my family terribly this year, I know that we will be able to celebrate with them next year, and that doing this holiday rotation thing is just a part of married life. I'm happy to support my love and experience his traditions with him and his family, and I'm so lucky to have someone who is just as happy to support me and my family's traditions too. I look forward to creating our own traditions and bringing our families together to celebrate them collectively with us.
And, in lieu of it being slightly after Christmas, here is a little Christmas rendition that I made especially for all of our family and friends that we didn't get to see this year:
Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright Ohioan Christmas Day
That's the midwest greeting that we send to you from the land where corn fields lay
Here we know that Christmas will be cold and white
The snow to shine by day and all the stars at night
Mele Kalikimaka is Ohio's way to say Merry Christmas, a
very merry christmas, a very, very, merry, merry Chistmas to youuuuuuuuuu!
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