Christmas, Buzza-style...

Our Christmas traditions have become well-entrenched in the Buzza family. Years ago, we started to celebrate Christmas at different times with different parts of our extended family. It's a delicate dance to perform considering the fact that we also have Connor's birthday, (Dec.17th) Grandma Bear's birthday, (Dec.25th) and Poppa Bear's birthday (December 31st) to remember as well.
This year, (as you know), we celebrated Conbo's birthday early in December. For Grandma Bear's birthday, we engaged in the much-anticipated, annual Carol Keating Bonspiel Curling Tournament (well... we play one game). It's always a blast except for that the good guys keep losing. I think it's three years in-a-row now that CaraLee, Tawny & Shane have smoked us under the skipperage of Poppa Bear. I think the inner turmoil on the Bucky, Ry, David & Delnor team has been - quite simply - too much to overcome. Much like Manny Ramirez, Bucky has requested a trade for three years in a row. We'll get 'em next year.
The pre-Christmas tradition of chopping down the tree and decorating it has been extended to include (as per David J's request) the traditional fondue dinner and dessert. Nobody's complaining about that added tradition!
Christmas morning was wonderful. Us Buzzas enjoyed a quiet (as quiet as it can be with three little'uns) morning, then made our way over to the Keating house for the afternoon and evening. It's amazing how relaxing being with 6 noisy kids and 8 noisier adults can be. :)
Boxing Day was Buzza-Christmas Eve this year. Tan, Glenn & baby Julia came up from California this year to have Christmas with us. We locked ourselves in Mom&Dad's house and did the whole thing all over again! The glaring difference between this Christmas and others was the plethora of puke. Just about everybody got sick on the 27th. Still, it was so nice to be with family again.