May the Force Be With You

Me and my youngest (with his lovely girlfriend) at the high school band Christmas concert this December. The only sweater he owns was purchased specifically for this band concert last year and was worn for the second time this year. Note the design on display.

I live in a household of Star Wars nerds. I’m a fan as well (being a child of the classic trilogy era), but my appreciation cannot compare to that of my hubby and each of our three children. So, when Christmas rolls around, elements of the galaxy far, far away abound in the Witemeyer realm.

First, there are the decorations:

Outdoor inflatables filled with galactic Christmas cheer.

Indoor delicacies of snowflakes and ornaments.

A friend of mine made these paper snowflakes for us one year. If you look closely you’ll find familiar Star Wars characters represented in each one.

Then there is the attire:

This year, the Christmas Eve gift included appropriately themed t-shirts to be worn on Christmas morning. (Please ignore the bed hair. LOL.)

Next, we have the gifts:

A new BB-8 inflatable to add to our collection for the hubby, Lego Star Wars projects for the boys (note how one is already fully constructed), and the youngest Star Wars fan got the new Jedi video game along with a Star Wars calendar to last through all of 2020.

Finally, there was the epic Star Wars adventure.

We have no IMAX theater in our town, and I wanted to give my obsessive fan family members the best movie-watching experience possible for the conclusion of the Star Wars saga. So, the day after Christmas, we made the 2-hour drive to Arlington, TX to watch The Rise of Skywalker on the IMAX screen. We added a dinner out at The Cheesecake Factory and an escape room experience to round out the epic day of adventure, but it was Star Wars that drew us there.

Two other Christmas gifts are featured in this photo – my hubby’s new Millennium Falcon shirt, and my older son’s Imperial March shirt featuring the music and lyrics (Dun, Dun, Dun, Dun-dun-dun, Dun-dun-dun) of the Darth Vader theme song.

Do you have any family obsessions?
What are your favorite things to do together over the holidays?