and to all a good night

Last night I spent the night at my daughter's house so I could be there to experience Christmas morning with her and her husband, two grandchildren and three grand-dogs.  I assumed, since my grands are teens now that they would sleep in. Not so, we were all awake at 6:30am.  Some things never change.  We explored stocking treasures, unwraped larger gifts and sniffed the breakfast casserole baking in the kitchen.  All this before 7:30. Some things do change though and I looked on with interest as my grandteens unwraped purple tights, blue and purple hair dye, a set of throwing axes and target board, a large computer monitor and much more.  The gifts have changed but the delight was still there.  I guess Santa is keeping up with the times but I do wonder how he got that computer desk down the chimney.  More family came later, adding eight more people, more food and another dog to the melee.  All in all a busy fun day. I shall sleep well tonight.