Christmas has always been about family for me. When I was young, I remember waiting impatiently on Christmas Eve for my dad to close up the drug stores and come home so we could start the celebrating. My parents owned two drug stores and he was the main pharmacist in one, so he very seldom had true days off, but I knew that from Christmas Eve through Christmas Day, we would have him home to ourselves. The nice meals, midnight mass, and the presents were all second to having the whole family just spending time together.