We stayed home.  It was a calm day, relatively speaking.  We woke up at 8 am and stumbled dumbly down to open stockings with the boys.  Ron got a lump of chocolate in his stocking.  Then we ate breakfast.  Then we opened presents.  Thrice the boys tired of opening packages because they just wanted to try their new stuff.  I had to keep reminding them that there were more presents.  (Which I realized is a dumb problem, why so many presents then?)

I also bought pre-cooked ham and side dishes so that I wouldn’t have to cook.  Which also turned out to be dumb since my kids hate home-cookin’ type foods like meat and potatoes.  But at least I had plenty of left-overs for when guests showed up.  We had plenty of cookies, thanks to the wonderful ladies at the cookie exchange in my twins group.

Every year is a learning experience.  I guess the ultimate kids’ Christmas would be one present with 500 pieces, one board game, and tons of finger foods like carrots and olives.  (That’s right, they chow down on the ante-pesto platter.)   That and the family that plays Wii together, stays together.