We drove down to Garmisch on Christmas Eve. Usually, it is a LONG 6-7 hour drive because of traffic and construction. But Germans do their big celebrating on Christmas Eve, so we had the road to ourselves (basically). We left home around 9:30 and we were in Garmisch by 2:00. That was a Christmas blessing in itself!
On Christmas Eve we ate at one of the restaurants at the hotel (Pullman's Place). They have yummy crab cakes. Then we went to the candlelight service at the chapel. Later in the evening we met up with some friends in the lobby where we finally finagled our way into rocking chairs by the fireplace.
Our reservations for Christmas dinner weren't until 4:30. So, we decided to be lazy Christmas morning. We watched White Christmas and The Santa Clause and The Grinch. The Christmas buffet turned out to be great...and I'm not much of a fan of buffets. After we all got stuffed ("we" being me, Jason, and some friends from Ramstein) we all headed to the out door hot tub (in 20 degree weather). The most amazing thing was that it SNOWED on us while we were in the hot tub. Crazy fun! Then, we wound out the day by sitting in the upstairs lobby playing games. Perfect and low key with friends. 
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