The first thing I did was to finish my blog post. Then I listened to Christmas carols on the
radio. Afterwards, I woke my twin up at
2 a. m. (she was mad about that!).
Sis liked her presents, and so did my parents. Dad joked that he knew now why we were
broke. However, one gift I gave
early. Mom wanted to order from L. L.
Bean 2 days before Christmas. So, I let
her use the gift card at that time. Needless
to say, she was very happy. Dad said,
“That’s so nice!”
Another present I got for everybody was a service gift (washing dishes,
etc.). I did that because Sis gave me
four packages. My sister and brother
liked the present, but I don’t know what my parents thought about it. This was probably because we’re not used to
those kinds of gifts. Oh well, only time
will tell how that will go.
Meanwhile, I loved all my presents. Here was what I received:
- “Mother
Wore Tights”
- “Coney Island”
- “Wabash Avenue”
- “The
Pact”
- “Buffy
The Vampire Slayer: The Complete
Fourth Season”
- Conair
1875 watt compact styler hair dryer
- Walmart
gift card
- Target
gift card
- Kohl’s
gift card
- Animal
print brown fur scarf
- Cloud
fleece vest in leopard
- Scandia fleece vest in amethyst
- Fleece
hat in rich violet
- Fleece
gloves in rich violet
- Money
Much later, we went to early mass. The decorations were fantastic! A big white star and little white stars shone
beneath an Advent wreath suspended from the center of the ceiling. Two stain glass angels hung on either side of
the stars. In addition, a gold star
glittered under each light fixture dangling in a circle. Sprinkled around the altar and church area
were baskets of evergreens and poinsettias.
Finally, lit trees glowed near the confession booths.
The one thing I remembered besides the decorations was that Mom
and I shared a hymn book as we sang carols.
After church, Sis and I saw “Mrs. Santa Claus”, while eating
leftovers from Christmas Eve dinner. We
had roast, mashed potatoes, stuffing, roasted sweet potatoes, olives, cranberry
sauce, and pistachio pudding dessert.
Then, Bro opened his gifts.
He was pleased with all of them.
After some sleep, I spent an hour listening to Christmas songs. Eventually, I got tired of that, and played a
computer game instead. At 12 midnight, I
checked the radio, but the holiday music was off. It seemed strange, considering that I listened
to carols for 7 weeks, but I experienced a twinge that the Xmas music was no
more.
At any rate, this Christmas was a good one. How was yours?
