Family Madsen Blog: My First Christmas

I had an amazing first Christmas. It started already December 23rd where I opened my first present. The mail people had made a few mistakes with their deliveries, so my Mom and Dad had guessed each others presents during the day and decided to have a little pre-Christmas Eve present opening that night. I got to open the biggest present under the tree (probably because it would have been hard to fit in our Yaris) and it was a scooter! I rode around on it a bit before going to bed.

The next morning it was Christmas Eve and I went with Dad to church. Mommy was singing so she was already there and although I didn’t wake up from my nap until after she sang O' Holy Night, I did get to hear her play Horn and sing too.

After church we headed down to Farmors (Grandma) to have lunch and begin the Christmas festivities. I fell asleep on the way down but was awake and ready to open my presents right away when we arrived, but my parents made me wait. Dad and Farmor went to a differnet church service and I stayed at home with Mom so I could rest and really be ready for the night ahead.

I woke up just as Farmor and Dad got back and before I knew it all the food was ready. I was so excited to try all the new food items I had been smelling all day, but I just got the same old mashed potatoes with carrots :( … Maybe next year I will get to eat the pork roast, duck, 3 types of potatoes, red cabbage and gravy!

Finally the adults were done with the main course and I got to open my presents. I opened four gifts, even though I could see that there were still a few others for me under the tree. It was so fun to get my hands on the paper, especially the ribbon. I got a plastic bib, a walker that has lots of lights, music and buttons, a colorful train and a baby Einstein keyboard with some songs I could recognize and lots of bright lights. After I opened each present I didn’t get much time to play with it before my parents were shoving a new one at me, but I was really happy for my new toys! I was definitely not ready for bed but Mom and Dad put me to bed anyway. At some point I fell asleep and dreamed about my toys.

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At one point during the night I dreamt that I heard Christmas carols being sung. Some were in English and some in Danish and in my mind it looked like this.

The next day Mom and Dad told me that they had a great night. Mom was especially excited because she finally found the almond in the rice pudding this year and won a beautiful salad utensil set. They had opened lots of presents from family members and they even had some more for me! See…..

Christmas day was also a lot of fun. We went to church in the morning and I loved singing along to all the Christmas songs. Then when we got home Santa had come and I had some packages in my stocking!

I spent the rest of the day playing with my new toys while Mom, Dad and Farmor ate a lot of leftovers and relaxed.

Around dinner time my cousins Lukas and Nikolaj came and they showed me some of their new presents. After another delicious meal of mashed potatoes and carrots I went to bed while the adults stayed up eating candy and playing games.

Then on the 26th we drove up to Farfar (Grandpa) and Hanne’s house. They had an awesome tree that I got to examine closely with Farfar. Also I got to sit in Farfars newly renovated Mini cooper! Wow! I had a great day laughing and on the way home I was so tired I fell asleep right away. It was fun to celebrate Christmas for the first time and to spend time with family.