The post-holiday blues are settling in right now, so I’m going to try my best to delay them a bit by recapping Christmas Eve and Christmas today!
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve morning started out on a rather active note. While my dad and Ryan worked out together at the gym, my mom and I took an early morning Jazzercise class!
It felt good to move and sweat before all of the holiday festivities began.
Once we reconvened back at my parents’ condo with my grandma, we dug into German pancakes topped with fresh berries, powdered sugar and syrup.
These pancakes aren’t nearly as fluffy as typical pancakes and have an eggy flavor that I adore. I also think they’re a lot more filling!
After breakfast, Ryan and I took Sadie on a short walk before it was time to eat a light lunch and prep food for our Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas morning breakfast. Some Christmas sugar cookies made it into the oven as well!
The afternoon flew by and it was soon time to change for an early evening church service.
Before heading into church, we met up with my sister and her boyfriend outside by the giant Christmas tree.
My sister and her boyfriend spent the weekend with her boyfriend’s family,so it was great to be reunited with them. They met us at church on their drive back to Jacksonville and spent the rest of the holiday with us.
It felt great to celebrate the reason for the season together!
Dinner
After church, we popped open some red wine and munched on cheese and crackers until it was time for dinner.
Sadie was feeling shy. 
Dinner was fabulous.
A seafood feast complete with crab cakes, lobster that my dad caught on a spear fishing trip, hot curried fruit and pepper slaw. Yum!
Our family has a tradition of opening new Christmas pajamas on Christmas Eve and opened up our packages after dinner.
Twins!
We spent the rest of Christmas Eve lounging around in our pajamas before bedtime.
My sister and I made sure to keep warm by the fake fire. 
Christmas Day fun to come!
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Your twin PJ’s are too cute! Those German Pancakes are lookin’ pretty good too!! 😉
Aww! Your mom still dresses you and your sister alike, too? LOL. My older sis and I ALWAYS get matching PJs for Christmas. Though, this year they were the same style, mine had lattes on them, and hers had snowmen. Mom got herself a set with sheep on them. Christmas PJs FTW!
I don’t want it to be over! And your dress from Christmas Eve is ADORABLE, where is it from?
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I love the matching pj’s!!! Looking forward to seeing your Christmas Day recap!!
You and your sister are adorable!!! I love it 🙂 We do the Christmas pajamas too. It’s one of my favorite parts of the holidays!
I love the Christmas pajama tradition, although I think after a few years you’d accumulate a lot of pajamas!
Love the pjs! That pic of Sadie at the bar is too cute!!
What a beautiful family! Santa delivers Christmas pajamas to our house every year and this year (inspired by Sadie), our dog got some too! Thanks for all the wonderful and festive ideas!
Looks like a great time with family! That’s an adorable picture of Ryan and Sadie!
Merry Christmas!!! Looks like you had a great day! 🙂
Love the PJ’s! I love all the food at Christmas time!
Those pancakes look wonderful. 🙂 We do our big meal on Christmas Eve, and this year’s was sooooo yummy!
I love the Christmas pj tradition!
I love Christmas PJs! Also, my boyfriend wants me to say that he is drooling over your seafood feast.
My mom gets me pjs for Christmas every year, too!
I do Christmas pajamas for my girls on Christmas Eve, too! I wash them before wrapping so they can wear them that night. It makes for better Christmas morning pictures.
Sometimes I point out photos of Sadie to Nim and ask him why he won’t let me hold him like that. LOL. Cuteness.
You are your sister are too cute in your pj’s! I love how you refuse to grow up 🙂 Sweet 🙂
But I must know where you got the blue dress…I have the same coloring as you (blonde hair blue eyes and fair skin) and that color always looks good on me too. It is perfect on you!!!!
Love how americans just call something german. Definitely not a german recipe haha
Your Christmas eve sounds perfect. I love making all kinds of Holiday food, it’s one of my favorite parts of Christmas and Christmas eve.
Also, your and your sister’s PJs are super cute!!
When I have my own family, I totally want to start the pyjama tradition!
Fun day! We always do Christmas pjs on Christmas Eve as well!
Looks like a lovely holiday. I’ve never tried German pancakes but they look incredible! I hope your post-holiday blues give way to the fun and excitement of welcoming in a fresh new year. 😉
We do PJs with my family too-fun tradition!
MErry Christmas!
New pajamas are the best! 🙂
Love the matching PJs! You need a new pair this time of year for lounging! 🙂
It looks like you had such a fun Christmas Eve! I’m officially in love with you and your sister’s matching pj’s!
LOVE your dress! It is absolutely gorgeous!
i absolutely LOVE the dress you were wearing! so, so cute and flattering 🙂
I love German pancakes! Haven’t had them in a while, thanks for reminding me of them.
Oh yum! That monkey bread is calling my name! Those boxes are too funny as well!
You and your sister look so cute in your matching pajamas! Sounds like a great Christmas Eve 🙂 I really thought that was a little kid siting on Ryan’s lap at first, haha – hilarious!
Love it! German pancakes look awesome! Recipe?