For the last 5 years Christmas Eve has been held at my home for our family. Prior to that it was at my mom's house. We have dinner, open presents between family and friends then most of us go to candlelight service at church. the crowd varies from year to year but generally there are 15 to 25 of us. Each year the dinner is different, always easy from baked potato bar last year, chili and posole the year before. Sandwich platters, pizza, KFC, etc.
Because of our dysfuntional....er....divorced/extended families, Angie and I usually don't plan anything at all for Christmas "day". That gives the kids time to go to the other parents house, their spouses/fiance/boyfriends parents homes and so on.
Then on Christmas night OR the next evening (depending on what is best for all) we have a mexican food feast with the enchiladas (me making cheese, Angie making chicken) tacos or burritos, maybe posole or tamales, rice and beans. Angie started the tradition about 9 years ago because the kids were getting doubled up on ham and turkey for dinners between all the stops they had to make. Now when Angie says maybe we won't do mexican food at Christmas, she gets a big

from Ryan and Nicole, Amanda and Zac, Lara and her boyfriend of the moment and knucklehead nephew Ron! I won't mention who else

whines

like a

baby
