Christmas eve begins with church at 4pm. Andy, Ray and Eleri went to church with Kathy, Mimi and Papa. Mimi had arrange for a front row pew for the crew.

We have new neighbors renting Joe and Lynn’s house since they moved to Australia for Joe’s job. He plays for the San Jose Sharks. They are Swedish with three children. They needed a Santa to deliver presents on Christmas Eve to keep with their Swedish tradition. Jim was perfect as they have not seen him around the neighborhood.

Elle was taking a bit of a nap after church before dinner.

We were preparing Christmas Eve dinner at our house for twelve. It is a good number as we can all fit in the dinning room. Our Chirstmas Eve guest were the Lyon 4, Grandma & Grandpa, Mimi & Papa, Terri & Andy, Ray and Kathy. We kept the menu simple with various appetizers, two different pastas, salad and an ice cream sunday bar.

After all the dinner guest had left, Elle put her sign, cookies and carrots out for Santa.