Beautiful family, gorgeous tree, & I love the rocking horse ornament on the tree!

Ty for sharing!

We had a great time! It was a lot of fun with different generations mingling and talking/laughing!

In the group shot at the end, is the second one in from the right your Grandson?

My goodness he is a tall and handsome young man.

Happy holidays to you all!

Awaiting more information on this movie star.

Yes, he is our very tall Grandson! He absolutely outstrips everyone in height and is a sweetheart besides!

That's how it appears, anyway.

We did have a very good time.

We were lucky! We were either in the car going and coming home, or else we were indoors, when it was raining. We did not get rained on at all.

It was Apple crisp so I could slobber on my ipad

It was Apple pie with a crumb crust plus a cube of vanilla ice cream!

It was astonishingly good!

Thanks for sharing these lovely photos CaliforniaPeggy!

I believe all American families are the same: the menfolk sit and watch football (or whatever) while the womenfolk are busy in the kitchen and dining room. It's the same here in Pennsylvania, and probably everywhere else.

Nobody was actually watching football, as far as I recall. Our hostess was busy in the kitchen and several family members were assisting her doing the cleaning up.

We all felt the companionship and love from the whole group.

For sharing your beautiful day!

Sharing is part of my DNA.

Great comments!

Now I feel even more connected to you, since not only did I raise my children in MB, I spent my early summers at my grandma's house in Oxnard!

I'm glad you enjoyed the photos!

Thank you for sharing them with us.🤗

Glad you enjoyed them too.

Thank you for sharing your handsome family with us! Looks like a perfect Christmas!

I had fun taking them, and I'm happy you enjoyed them.

It was about as perfect as it could be.

Ah, we don't live there--it belongs to a family member. She loves having us over for holiday feasts. She is very hospitable!

Happy New year to you as well.

I had a great time taking the photos.

Glad you enjoyed them!

And a Happy New Year to you!

Hope the rest of your holiday season is merry and peaceful!

It's always fun being there.

My husband and I spent the day at our younger son's wife's parents' home about 45 minutes from where we live. This has been the routine for the last 5 years, both for Thanksgiving and Christmas, ever since our son and their daughter became a serious couple. They got married in 2022.

We are very fortunate in that all members of both families really like each other - that doesn't always happen. Our DILs mom is a nurse, as am I, so we can always find something to talk about, Her dad is a retired fire chief with interesting stories to tell.. Her brother and SIL live right across the street, and have 2 little boys, the older of whom will soon be 3 and quite likes our son, his "Uncle Tay-tay" - Taylor.

For Thanksgiving, it is just the immediate family of the 8 adults and 2 little kids. On Christmas morning, there's a family breakfast at 10 AM, and then starting about 11, it's an open house with friends and neighbors dropping by for about 5 hours. Everyone who has known our DIL since she was a little girl totally adores our son and I can always count on hearing lots of very complimentary things about him.

Our son is about 6'2", and his adorable little wife is only 5'4". How tall is your grandson?

We are lucky too--we all like each other, we agree politically and everybody is super smart about interesting topics! Our bonds are strong.

Unfortunately, they live >70 miles away, so we don't get up there often. And the weather was bad this year, though my husband and I were lucky not to get caught in the storm, either going or coming home!

I'm not really sure how tall our grandson is. He's well over 6 feet--Maybe 6'3" or 6'4" Dunno!

By the way, my mother was 4'11" on a good day and my father was 6'2"! As for me, I always thought I was 5'5"; come to find out I'm 5'3"! How did that happen?

Looks like it was a wonderful day. I'm so glad for you. Thank you so much for sharing your holiday with us!

It was indeed a wonderful day! Several generations mingling, eating, talking, laughing and so on!

It's always my pleasure to share.

Peggy those are nice family photographs of your Christmas, such a lovely family.

We are so lucky with our family! Everyone is way cool!

Kind of a rainy one, eh?

They seemed to get most main roads cleared okay.

I was visiting daughter and family in Ventura. Just passed the Oxnard airport on my way to catch a flight back to Florida.

Small world, lol.

For sure, kind of rainy. We lucked out; the car got rained on, but it wasn't raining when we arrived or when we left.

How cool that you were nearby! And now you're home.

Your celebration feels very welcoming.

Of course you're included! The group was very welcoming and after our long drive (>70 miles!) we were happy.

Looks like it was a peaceful gathering.

Totally gray skies! Intermittent rain. But the breakers were gorgeous, being driven by the wind.

We had a lovely time!

Thanks for participating!

And your artist's eye was at work, capturing the bowl full of ornaments, with pinpoint reflections looking like stars. Nicely done.

And you're right! I love getting the photos that show something different, some new angle.

One of my favorites, yummy!

Beautiful family.

Our hostess always has the best meals. We enjoyed ourselves quite a lot!

Glad you enjoyed the photos, and thanks for your lovely comments, my dear MorbidButterflyTat!

I am curious, in image No. 5 — Who's that with the camera, mid-frame? Were they taking a picture of you taking that picture?

I'm glad you sat for an informal portrait. Great pose!

Yours,

George

That photo is a group photo that I took of my husband and our 3 grandchildren. I think one of the kids was holding up his iPhone and reading it. Not photographing me!

The white-haired lady a few posts down from there is our hostess. She's usually moving around so it's hard to get a good portrait of her! I don't look anything like her!