Our first stop was Longwood Gardens, to those that don't know, it is an old du Pont estate that has been turned into 1,000 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows with indoor conservatories and displays. It was very chilly, but we warmed up with some hot chocolate and took in the sights! Of course cameras never really do it justice!
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Taken from where they normally have their fountain display   |
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Outdoor Railroad Display   |
Freezing, so we went inside to enjoy the Upper Darby High School Choir sing carols, they were AMAZING! (and I made John sit from row with me..lol)
The next night, John and I went to see the Kennett Square Symphony Children's Choir concert at West Chester University, it was so cute!
John got home from work on Christmas morning at 4am, so he slept for most of the morning and then we had a great Christmas day (opened presents, Nelson staple Christmas breakfast, dinner with Ham and all the fixings and lots of desserts!) Our close friends, Lori and Sam, kindly invited John and I over Christmas evening since they knew he was working and didn't want me to end up being by myself on Christmas. Luckily John was able to go over for about an hour and have dessert before heading back to work that night! Here are a few pics from the Kotzens/Griggs (Sam's parents were in town from England and they had a lot of English family traditions that we took part in..fun times!).
Lori's mom Sharon and Sam's dad Mel with John (Hats= one of the traditions...too cute!)
Griggs Family
Lor enjoying our gift to Ellarose more than she did! haha
The end to a great Christmas Season!
Paul's family does the hats in the "crackers" too! I love that part! New traditions are SO fun! Hope you guys had a FABULOUS Christmas and New Year! Miss you guys!
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