So, I'm not one to complain about Christmas (except the commercialism,) but this year, Christmas was just not the same. You would think that since this is mine and Matt's first married Christmas that it would be a fun, exciting time. But Matt and I agree, that this one was hard.
We didnt really get anything officially for each other. It was a mutual agreement. We both knew how much was in the bank, and we both thought we didnt really need to spend any money. But it kinda made it less exciting since we really didnt get to see the surprise on each other's faces when we opened our gifts. All of that though I think would've subsided if we would've had some set traditions in place that we could've been looking forward to during the month of December. Matt and I have tried to put some in place, but this year they weren't anticipated. Matt even said that if we had kids, Christmas would be a lot more meaningful because we could pass on our traditions to them, and share things WITH them that aren't new to Matt and me anymore.
But even though there was not much exciting that happened, we still had to stop on Christmas night and realize that we had done everything to feel Christmas-y but the most important. And I think that we put the best tradition in place. We read Luke 2 aloud. I'm really excited to pass that one along to our future generation :)
Merry Christmas everyone. Even 2 days after the fact.
I love you, Matt.
