I know it probably seems like I don’t like Christmas
because I leave everything to the very last minute….
but…I actually love Christmas.
Not the shopping. I hate the shopping.
But I love Christmas day…the excitement
and wonder, the silliness and surprises…
And this year definitely did not disappoint.
Some highlights included:
♥ watching a muppet family christmas with a friend
WHO WAS SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME!
(watch out for the icy patch! always makes me laugh)
♥ my mother in laws eagle brand squares
♥ knowing that the kids had a great time celebrating with both sides
of their family…that really does make me happy ♥♥
♥ 20 telling me not to look in my stocking when he left Christmas Eve…
this was what was in it….and I couldn’t have been more excited. Heeheehee
♥ 24 surprising me with a stocking full of toys and candy…a kinder egg as big as my head…
a charlie brown book, a little sesame street purse heehee…and this smurf quilt which almost made me cry
♥ going to my parents is always my favorite part of Christmas…
my mom saved the big bird ornament for me to put on (which was
even a little more bittersweet this year) and the doll head for 24…heehee
♥ my dads excitement over his new headlamp…heeheehee
♥ sweet unexpected gifts from my brothers & parents…gift cards, lots of candy, maritime hardcore hoodies, sweaters and scratch cards and this…heeheehee…
My brother Sandy is the real artist in our family…
I doodle a bit but Sandy really has the talent…and he made each of us
a drawing of one of our favorite childhood stories that we mainly tease
each other about…mine goes like this:
Once upon a time, a poor stressed out 16 year old girl who was
uncannily very amusing and witty and quite brilliant was forced to spend
her summers babysitting her 3 sometimes rotten younger brothers
for little pay and much pain.
After a hard day of slaving over a hot stove to provide a healthy nourishing lunch
to this little group of ungrateful heathens, one of them said he was still hungry.
Being the sweet, caring older sister that she was…
she offered him her spaghetti-o’s which she had not eaten yet.
But, being the rotten little sulk that he was, he turned up his little snub nose
at it because “she had a cold and he might catch it”.
So…she threw the plate at him.
The end.
heeheehee….he will tell you there is a different version
of this but his memory is not to be trusted. :)
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And now…another Christmas is over…
and I am completely happy. ♥♥♥
I was able to spend it with people that I love…
and my heart is just really, really is full right now.
I am looking forward to 2020…
2019 had a few speed bumps but it’s sure out going out
better than it came in. ♥
Merry, merry Christmas to you and yours!
