Christmas Eve part one

Last weekend, we celebrated half of Christmas Eve.  My uncle David and his family were off to California for the holidays and my brother Jack and his wife don't arrive until Friday so my grandma decided to host two wonderful Christmas parties.

This seemed like a great idea to me.  We always have two traditional meals for Christmas Eve and it is always difficult to choose between the two and also difficult to fit in your chair when you choose to eat both.  Having two Christmas Eve parties is the perfect solution.  Of course, I didn't have to cook or decorate or prepare anything.

Katelyn came to the party dressed up as a sugar plum fairy.

My grandma cooked tradition German buterglace (sp?  I'm not sure if any of relatives really knows how to spell this word.) and rivel kucken (this one I googled).  It is delicious!

Katelyn is a true Lauck!  She loved the buter balls and the sweet bread.

My grandparents also hosted a white elephant gift exchange with great prizes.  I guess I was really excited about this one! 

After a white elephant gift exchange and sharing our Christmas memories, we all found some room for dessert: a gingerbread cake, Bluebell ice cream, and GiGi's cupcakes!

We had such a great time at Grandma's house.  I can't wait for Christmas Eve part two! :)