Christmas Morning Train
This tradition is a fun and silly one that Jon and his siblings created when they moved to Poway. This is the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve at the Hamilton home.
You'll notice that there are no presents under the Christmas tree. At the Hamilton home, Santa arranges all of the presents under the tree when he brings his presents. He makes sure that none of them are stacked on top of one another and basically they fan out from under the tree to the middle of the room. It is a sight to behold.
Growing up, the kids did not want to peek at the tree until after they had waited patiently in their mom and dad's room. Mom and Dad's room is located at the top of the stairs across from the Christmas tree, so the kids would create a human train with their eyes closed and shuffle from the kid wing of the house past the living room, kitchen, and family room, until they got to the base of the stairs. Then they climbed up and waited patiently while their dad went down and got the camera ready to see their first Christmas morning reaction.
Even though the Hamilton kids are grown-ups now, they still have a fun time shuffling down the hallway and waiting in Mom and Dad's room until the cameras are ready. With Sam, Ben, and Charlotte's reactions, who wouldn't love this tradition?
Look forward to tomorrow for Christmas Jammies.
You'll notice that there are no presents under the Christmas tree. At the Hamilton home, Santa arranges all of the presents under the tree when he brings his presents. He makes sure that none of them are stacked on top of one another and basically they fan out from under the tree to the middle of the room. It is a sight to behold.Growing up, the kids did not want to peek at the tree until after they had waited patiently in their mom and dad's room. Mom and Dad's room is located at the top of the stairs across from the Christmas tree, so the kids would create a human train with their eyes closed and shuffle from the kid wing of the house past the living room, kitchen, and family room, until they got to the base of the stairs. Then they climbed up and waited patiently while their dad went down and got the camera ready to see their first Christmas morning reaction.
Even though the Hamilton kids are grown-ups now, they still have a fun time shuffling down the hallway and waiting in Mom and Dad's room until the cameras are ready. With Sam, Ben, and Charlotte's reactions, who wouldn't love this tradition?
Look forward to tomorrow for Christmas Jammies.
1 comment:
this is awesome. i want to do this one!
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