Over the course of my childhood my Parent’s Christmas Eve open house became a greatly anticipated party. As we got older and started traveling around Christmas more and more the regularity and intensity of the party has ebbed and flowed. There was a small revival this year just for the simple fact of my being back in Arvada so some of my other Arvada/High School friends stopped by for a bit to catch up. It was great to see everyone but it was also Christmas Eve so folks had to move on to other family engagements before too long.