Saturday, December 27, 2008

Christmas Eve 2008


Our Christmas Eve included caroling to neighbors and friends with Isaac and his drum and Benjamin and his bells, tamales and the Christmas story. I thought that in a house of boys, there would never be an argument about who got to be Mary. Was I ever wrong. At one point, the nativity story almost got canceled because Isaac was insisting that HE wanted to be Mary and Benjamin was insisting that NO, Nee-Mom HAD to be Mary and Dad HAD to be Joseph. Tears and stomping of feet. Isaac persisted. And in the spirit of Santa coming, Benjamin (very much warming my mother heart with pride) decided not to have a tantrum and let Isaac have his way. So Isaac was Mary, Dylan wandered hither and yon at times being a wise man and at other times being a baby thief upsetting our Mary who chased Dylan down yelling, "Don't take MY baby Je--!" The narration was punctuated with many interruptions, stalls and and false starts. But the puppy sheep performed well and the puppy King Herod sent the wise puppy and Benjamin to find the baby. Benjamin was thrilled to don different costumes as different characters were needed. And Mary was indeed very tender, loving and contemplative keeping peace in his heart sitting peacefully through it all. I love Christmas Eve.

4 comments:

  1. What an adorable nativity you had...and Isaace made a beautiful Mary...Benjamin did a beautiful job in all his characters assisted by the pup-pup - wish we could have been there to see it all and try to keep a straight face! Dylan is his own man, I guess. We love you all and missed you being here with us...some day, maybe!!
    Grammie

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  2. Guess I hit one too many keys on Isaac's name.

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  3. Ohh the memories! We didn't have our costumes this year, but that we always seem to have a "wild" nativity at our house. Can't imagine why?!?!

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