On a typical year, Bertrand the Mouse and his Uncle Barty open their Christmas on Christmas Day, December 25.
But with Rebekah and I both getting COVID in the days preceding Christmas Eve, and with my having to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the two little crocheted mice delayed the unwrapping of their gifts until our traditional family Old Calendar Christmas celebration on January 7.
Delaying the gift-opening in no way dampened their excitement of finally seeing what lay inside their gift boxes or their enjoyment of the gifts once they were all opened.
Here are a few photos of their fun:
In case you were wondering how crocheted mice opening presents...
This is how! They didn't need any help at all.
Bertrand was happy with his new pillow since it matches the red in his ears.
Uncle Barty happily agreed with the saying on his pillow.
The mice were thrilled with their new St. Nicholas stockings.
In fact, they were so thrilled, they insisted on individual photos to show them off. Again, Bertrand was happy with the red one. Red is Bertrand's favorite color.
Uncle Barty was less concerned about the color. He's looking forward to hanging up his stocking on December 5 and wondering what St. Nicholas might bring pretend mice.
"Santa" brought an extra present for Bertrand: the toy reindeer he's always wanted!
The biggest box contained a book for them to share: "Santa Mouse." The mice love books best of all. In fact, that's their mission, to bring the joys of reading to children.
They spent the whole day as quite as pretend mice. And at bedtime, they were snuggled in bed with their new pillows, reading their new book.
The next time I checked on them, they were fast asleep, tuckered out from an exciting Old Calendar Christmas Day.
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