We got to spend Chirstmas in Richfield with my family. We have have a very traditional Christmas Eve with my family. When my dad was in medical school my parents started a tradition with another family in medical school that was also from Utah. Since they were both away from their families, they would get together and have a Christmas Eve party. The party is always the same eat a big dinner, reenact the nativity, and eat rice pudding (a Christmas tradition from Denmark...whoever finds the whole almond in their rice pudding wins a prize!) The crazy thing is my Dad and Dr. Crimin followed each other all through medical school (went to different residency programs) and then both ended up practicing in Richfield. So for the past 28 years, minus 3 years for residency, we have gotten together with the Crimins for our annual Christmas Eve party!
This year for the Christmas Nativity (we draw parts out of a bowl), Paxton again got to play a shepherd! Andy got to be the shepherd's helper and I got to be an audience member!
Another Brown family Christmas tradition is Christmas pajamas!! In Christmas' past my parents used to give the children, spouses, and grandchildren pj's on Christmas Eve. Pretty soon the family got so big it became a choice of scrubs (every family gets a matching color), or pajama pants with t-shirts. We finally decided that really only the grandkids needed new jammies so now they get to be the lucky ones to take part in one of my favorite traditions growing up! Here is Paxton modeling his new jammies on Christmas Eve...I wish I would have gotten a picture with him and all of his cousins but they were good kids and had already gone to bed!
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