We were up early, and as excited as children for Christmas morning! After coffee, and some eggnog, in our new pj’s, we were ready to see what Santa had under the tree!

Brad had quite a haul of gifts to open: He got books, a 24 game, 6 bottles of Italian wine, 2 shirts, a Santa martini ornament, bar tools, a year of TIVO and more…

I did quite well myself! I got an ornament, Ginger-Almond kitchen soap, diswashing liquid, candle and lotion; a Chico’s gift certificate, Deruta salt and pepper mill, Deruta lasagna server and serving spoon, a beautiful Christmas tree candle, a large Le Cruset dutch oven, and more…

We took hours to open our presents. We took a brunch break at 1:00 for Brad’s Eggs Benedict.

It was happy, lazy, Christmas Day. We napped, read, played with our presents, and snacked that evening.