somehow, a few years ago, my family started some new holiday traditions. they include eating a meal together, drinking some bubbly (or dessert wine), and then playing a boatload of video games. sometimes we're more civilized with board games or cards instead, but that's a rarity and only happens if we don't have enough controllers and someone starts a coup.
to be totally honest christmas eve tends to be better than christmas. on christmas we pretend we're fancier than we really are, make a big ol' meal and sit in the formal dining room. we also have guests and tend to wear clothes other than our pajamas and jeans.
also, christmas day is always turkey or ham and everything else traditional, whereas christmas eve is whatever happens. this time it happened to be lobster. morm called me earlier today to ask if we eat lobster. do we eat lobster? pulease... i mean shoot if i don't eat him first, he'll eat me. right?