We celebrated our first Christmas together as a married couple! I had to work this year so we were in Abby on the 25th. Due to heavy snow fall most of the Christmas Eve services were cancelled and so Matt and I decided to have our own service. Christmas Eve night we walked down to the Abbotsford manger...
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There was SO MUCH snow for Abbotsford!
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Before opening our gifts to each other, Matt read a Christmas story.
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It was a WONDERFUL first Christmas!