Ever since I was a little girl, my sisters and I have exchanged our gifts for each other on Christmas Eve. We would listen to my Dad read the Christmas Story from Luke 2, then we would hang up our stockings and carefully place our homemade Christmas goodies (and some of Mom's famous Pound Cake) on a plate for Santa. And then the three of us would sit in a little circle on the floor and open the gifts that we had picked out for each other. Now that I have three sisters and a brother, and now that I'm married, we still carry on the tradition. Except now everyone comes to my house! I get to make a big dinner, turn on some Christmas music, and welcome my family. It is a very special night and we have so much fun exchanging sibling gifts.
Buddies and Brothers
Ellie loves her Daddy
Me and my 21-year-old sister, Katie
Katie and little Ellie
Emily loves the Carolina Panthers... so she got some Panthers earrings. She was excited!
Katie got two umbrellas- necessities for walking to class in the rain!
Dustin and Katie constantly aggravate each other. 
Dustin and Katie have a tradition of picking on each other (not just at Christmas, but at every gathering). But at Christmas they take it up a notch by giving each other some ridiculous gift(s). Last year Dustin gave Katie a $1 DVD from Target called "The White Gorilla," (with a subliminal message that that's what she is). When Katie opened it she had a shocked look on her face and told him to quickly open his gift. She had purchased the SAME DVD for him! It was pretty crazy. This year Dustin gave Katie a goody bag full of stuff like corn cushions, laxatives, a book about getting out of debt, a $1 DVD about "The Legend of Bigfoot," and a lot more. Katie gave Dustin some incense, telling him he needed it to cover his terrible smell... wow. All of us laughed until we cried (especially watching Katie take each terrible item out of her bag) . It is a weird tradition, but funny too. 
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