We got really lucky at Christmas with Matt's schedule. There aren't exactly days off and vacation time for interns, and many of our friends were working during Christmas. Matt was on an internal medicine rotation, which is hairy, but the amount of patients they had on the 23rd was manageable, and they were able to send them all home on the 24th. So, Matt got home early on Christmas Eve and didn't have to go in on Christmas day. It was perfect.
On Christmas Eve during the day, we went to a friends house and decorated some cookies. It was particularly warm that day, so the kids had a picnic outside and played jump rope. We couldn't help but laugh at the fact that if we were to eat watermelon and light fireworks it wouldn't seem strange or out of place. It felt like a summer day.
For Christmas Eve dinner we had various finger foods. The favorite, by a long shot, was little smokies. The boys devoured them. We also had lots of other yummy foods, like spinach artichoke dip, but the boys were only interested in the little smokies.
