christmas traditions...?

so i just realized our family does not do much together for christmas. we have no real traditions. my aunt Judy is the only person who gets our family presents. there was no big christmas dinner (though we did have shark fin soup...yummm...) we did not have a group of international exchange students from IUSB or ND like usual. we did not even eat dinner together as family. instead, i read, relaxed, and watched NBA games. (reading really does go a lot slower in front of the television...) that seems to be a recurring theme every time i come home for break: my bro, sis, and i are home, we're together as a family, but we are all doing separate things, in separate places. are we all that independent, or is our family not as cohesive as i thought we were.

but we did go to church today because it was my parents' turn to clean and tidy up the church, so that was our family outing...

one book down, six to go...