With members of my family living in various places throughout the country, and having to work holiday schedules out with many different families, the Friedman family Christmas didn't occur until tonight. While we weren't able to complete all of our family traditions--going to Starbucks on Christmas Eve Day, mass, and a ham dinner--but this is one that I hope never goes away. Each year, my siblings Jenni, Ben and Ted (seen here) create a fort out of the presents that will be exchanged later that day. Each year its exact consistency is slightly different, it may be higher some years or larger in other years, but it is always fun to sit inside of there, even if just for 2 minutes.
Pete, and Katie's boyfriend Junior joined us for Christmas this year. I hope they enjoyed this tradition as much as we do.
