Blogmas Day 24 - Christmas Eve

It's CHRISTMAS EVE!!! YEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
A lot of people say that Christmas Day is their favorite day of the year, but for me, it's Christmas Eve.
I mentioned this last year, but there's just something special about Christmas Eve. Everyone is in a good mood, people are rushing round preparing for Father Christmas and children (and me...) are too excited to function.
Christmas Eve is also my Nana's birthday! She is the young age of 82 this year - Happy Birthday Nana!! Myself and all my family will be heading over to her house to give her gifts and some company for a while before we come home to start preparing for tomorrow.
I'm going to put ELF on, make myself a hot chocolate, warm up a mince pie and put my cosiest clothes on before helping my mom with preparing veg and cleaning the house top to toe for Santa arriving later tonight. I always put on the old school Christmas carols in the background in the kitchen so that Mum, Dad & my sisters can get all festive too (whilst Mum enjoys a little whisky and coke!).
Later tonight, we're going to have a light dinner and a few snacks whilst we all watch some festive TV and wrap some last minute gifts. My sister and my Dad always head into town on Christmas Eve for last minute things (usually fresh cream, milk, Tattie Scones and bread) which takes them HOURS but they love it. They also head up to my Granny & Grandpa's graveside to place a wreath down and then head across to the other side of town to my papa's grave to place one there too. I'm not a huge believer in visiting a graveside, for me, they're not there, it's just their shell and it's sad enough that they're not here with us without seeing the place we laid them to rest. My whole family feel the same way too.
Finally, to top the day off, we all have some drinks, wrap a few bits and then bring all of our gifts to each other downstairs to place under the tree before my Dad hangs our stockings up on the fireplace. Yes, I am 30 years old and yes I still feel like a child at Christmas. Am I ashamed? not even in the slightest!
Merry Christmas Eve Everyone! How do you celebrate the day?
H x