Christmas future: I am building traditions with my boyfriend and I hope to keep doing so. With every year that goes by the holidays get bigger and brighter. I hope to grow and learn with him.

Christmas past: This picture shows how my family has been opening presents since before I was born. We always let the little kids open their presents before everyone else. They always have the smallest attention span, but that’s just how we get them to calm down long enough to open all presents.