We went over to Adam's parents house for Christmas Eve dinner and festivities. There was quite a large group this year, around 45 people or so. One of the most favorite traditions is Adam's Mom reading Twas the Night Before Christmas, while everyone forms a circle (which gets to be quite a challenge with 45 people) and is holding a wrapped present (which, most of the time is some sort of candy). Everytime the word "and" is said, you pass your present on to the next person. Finally, at the end of the story, after having passed your gift on several times, you open up the one you end up with. Nolan really loved it this year, last year, he hung on to the same present the whole time and wouldn't pass it on. :P Annika loved it too! She shook everyone and the ones that made the most noise were her favorite.
For dessert every year is rice pudding. One of the bowl's has a piece of almond hidden in it. The person with the lucky bowl wins a prize.
Well, after leaving to go home, we stopped by the gas station to fill up first. The car wouldn't start up again though. The car kept making a click click noise everytime Adam turned the key to try to start it. So, here we are stuck in the ghetto part of Sacramento, late on Christmas Eve, with two kids that thankfully fell asleep, at a gas station. Adam called his brother to see if he left his parents yet, so he could come jump start us, since the gas station was fairly close. He came to our rescue, and started us up again and told us it was probably the alternator, so we might not make it all the way home. He was right. The only thing that worked besides the engine was the headlights, no other gages. Glad it wasn't raining. Glad we didn't need to defroster. Glad I wasn't alone and the one driving. Glad this didn't happen on the way to Arizona... :P Anyways, after driving a ways, the headlights started flickering on and off until finally they didn't turn back on. We got off the freeway, on Watt Avenue, trying to make it to Adam's other brother's house without getting pulled over for no headlights. :P We made it to the light, and when adam stopped, the car turned off. He got out to wave everyone around us, and called his brother to have him come help push us out of the way, since they lived just a ways past the light. Well, we got out of the way, Adam's brother got us home before Christmas (barely), and got the car fixed! YAY!
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