Merry Christmas!

The secret to having your children sleep late on Christmas Day is to exhaust them on Christmas Eve. DH took DD2 shopping, as tho the dear man had had my Christmas list since the 10th, he hadn't had the chance to go shopping till yesterday. I wrapped gifts, and then DD1 and I
* mailed 2 gifts and bought stamps
* went to the kolache shop for breakfast and put stamps on the Christmas card envelopes while we were eating
* mailed the cards
* went to Petsmart for some gifts for the pets
* went to Linens and Things where DD1 picked out her gift for DH
* went to Dillard's to get new robes for the girls. By God's grace, they had them so we didn't have to enter the chaos of the mall itself.
* Target for film and baseball cards. The digital camera is still broken, so I wanted to make sure I had plenty of film for our camera.
* swung by James Coney Island for a hot dog on the road
* La Madeleine for a jar of soup as a stocking stuffer for DH
* Honey Baked Ham -- it only took 30 minutes!

Came home, dropped off one daughter, picked up the other. We got her bangs cut, got groceries, went to Target so DD2 could pick our HER gift for DH.
Came home, printed out the production grid for church, the girls changed clothes, and we went to church. I had to be there early as I'm the production leader (or whatever), so I had to make sure everyone had mikes, and we got sound checks, and so on, and the people lighting the Christ candle in the Advent wreath knew when to come on and what to do.
The 5 o'clock service went well. The DDs sat by my friend Tamra as I was up in the crow's nest, and she took them to her house afterward for a Christmas party.
I sat with the lady in charge of running the slides that show the lyrics, and we made sure they matched what the band was going to sing at the 7 p.m. service.
Then I had to run home, pick up the gifts I'd bought for Santa to give to the girls at the party, drop them off at Tamra's house, and run back to church.
7 p.m. service went well, a few minor hiccups, but nothing major. I talked to the pastor and the band leader about a few things, ate some food, and went to pick up the girls.
I'm sure they would have liked me to stay for the 9 p.m. service, but I told them family comes first.
I got to chat to some nice people at the party, and then the girls and I went home. They put on their new flannel nightgowns, set out cookies and chocolate milk for Santa, set out reindeer food, and went to bed. DD1 had wanted to make cookies last night, and I just laughed at her.
I was in bed and asleep by 10:30.