Springfield, VA (USA)

Mollie slept late, so I did some shopping for stocking stuffers and Christmas Dinner food.  When I got home, I ate a late breakfast with Mollie and we watched another movie ("Avengers: Civil War").  She next watched "We Bought a Zoo" while I decorated the dinner table and started cooking for Christmas Eve dinner.  My friend, Kelly, had asked if she could bring her kids with us to Mass and Mollie helped me pick one of the Children's Masses in the afternoon.  I invited the kids over for dinner, too.  At 1545, I ran some errands.  Kelly and the kids arrived while I was gone and Mollie entertained them.  We finished cooking when I returned and played a board game ("Clue").  Then we all got dressed up and went to Mass (St. Raymond of Penafort) at 1800.  Afterwards, we returned to the apartment and ate dinner (shrimp fettuccini, broccoli, rolls, pumpkin bars).  We watched the beginning of "Saving Santa" with Kelly and her kids until they left 2030.  Mollie and I finished the movie after cleaning up the dishes.  I was planning to take her to Midnight Mass but we were both too tired (we ended up going to bed at 2200).