The Brian Family Waylon and Christina with twins, Maren and Maile, 5, and triplets, Christian, Wells and Bridger, 3.

When Christina Brian started her blog, Full House (vivafullhouse.blogspot.com), she didn’t imagine her daily readership would be in the thousands. Turns out the Mesa mom of her own full house has a keen sense of relating life’s happenings to home décor and her readers can’t get enough.

What is your favorite holiday tradition? My favorite holiday tradition is what we call the Palestine dinner; it’s kind of biblical. On Christmas Eve, we get together, turn all the lights down low, put a fire in the fireplace and we eat very simple food like meat, cheese, grapes and soups. It models how it might have been [in] Jesus’s day. For us, it’s really special. Afterwards, we drive through the luminaries; we live in a festive neighborhood so there are blocks and
blocks of luminaries.

How does having kids make the holidays more fun? Kids just make everything more exciting, especially seeing things through their eyes.

What is your favorite holiday memory with the kids? Last year, we got to spend Christmas in the snow and did a lot of sledding. They were all just so cute, bundled up in their little hats, coats and mittens.

What is your favorite holiday decoration? My Christmas tree. One Christmas, I was walking through Nordstrom and fell in love with the Christmas trees they use. I called to find out where they bought them, went through all these hoops and finally got the contact information for a company out of San Diego. The company really only sold to retailers, but I talked them into selling me one. I drove all the way to San Diego with my sister and picked it up. So I have a Nordstrom tree, and I love it.

Favorite Holiday Food: German chocolate pancakes.
Favorite Holiday Song: ‘O Holy Night.’
Favorite Holiday Outfit: Matching pajamas.