Festivus

Holiday planning is important when you have a large extended family. Who spends what days where for what meals is important. Annual visits are mentally logged and not forgotten so you must have a system. One of our systems is that the three grandsons have a sleep over on the eve of Christmas eve. We do their presents then. Everyone has a good time and the boys have an extended Christmas. (Christmas Eve is an all hands on deck family gathering and Christmas Day is with their own family and a visit to the other grandparents.)

It so happens that that day is also Festivus. Middle grandson "D" asked, "What is Festivus? And don't just tell me Seinfeld!" so we had to google the origin of Festivus and its associated rituals. There was a Festivus Miracle in that none of the boys had anything to say about each other at the Airing of Grievances. Unhappily, we had no Festivus Pole and the room was too small for Feats of Strength.

And so a new Christmas tradition is born.