I will be traveling back to Ohio sometime next week. I am just hoping the weather cooperates. Christmas eve - we go to mass and then to my sister's house.I love going to the children's mass and seeing all of the kids in their Christmas finery. It is also my birthday, but I am lucky anymore if people even remember to tell me Happy Birthday. My mom and sisters do remember at some point during the day. We rarely have all of the family together at one time anymore so it not as noisy as it used to be.

Then my mom still insists on doing Christmas day even though she lives in a two bedroom apartment. I end up doing a lot of the prep work for that.