1. Decorating the tree and the house with handmade decorations I’ve received from friends and family over the years. Each has a special memory.
2. Playing knockdown games of Trivial Pursuit with family and friends at my parents’ home in Buffalo – all the while sipping blackberry brandy.
3. Seeing friends who are home for the holidays at our favorite meet-up spot – TGI Friday’s at the mall.
4. Eating my aunt’s special beigli (a Hungarian Christmas pastry) for breakfast with a cup of coffee.
5. Going to midnight mass on Christmas Eve.
6. Setting the table for Christmas dinner. It’s pretty as a picture – and demolished an hour later!
7. Giving my husband a gift that he really loves and thanks me for all through the year. (So far, the winner has been the Sirius radio for his car.)
8. Going Christmas shopping with my mother and having lunch at a “fancy” restaurant.
9. The annual family Christmas party – a multi-generational fest that includes everyone from crying babies to 102-year-old Gram.
10. Watching It’s a Wonderful Life for the millionth time and remembering all I have to be thankful for.
[Ed. Note: What's your all-time favorite part of the holidays? Let us know right here.]
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