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     Even though neither our Christmas Eve celebration nor our New Year's Eve was elaborate, my family did put more planning and effort into Christmas.

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       Even though neither our Christmas Eve celebration nor our New Year's Eve was elaborate, my family did put more planning and effort into Christmas.  While food for Christmas Eve had been planned long in advance, what we ate on New Year's was more spontaneous.  Our main Christmas Eve dinner was homemade Chinese and Korean food.  I made Pork-Filled Buns and a thinly sliced beef called bulgogi which is  served in lettuce wraps.  For dessert we had the tradition Christmas steamed pudding.  On the other hand,  on the morning of New Year's Eve we decided we wanted homemade pizza that night, and to just have ice cream for dessert, so I shopped that morning for any ingredients we didn't already have.  As for activities, Christmas Eve included family from out of town, opening many presents we'd prepared for each other, and playing and talking together.   In contrast, New Year's Eve was much quieter.  Only one of my daughters and two grandsons were there.  We watched a movie and went to bed before midnight.  Unlike Christmas Eve, when I got up in the middle of the night to finish wrapping and putting presents under the tree and into stockings, on New Year's I was able to finish preparations for the next day before bedtime.  Both were fun, but we definitely did more to celebrate Christmas.