Obligatory Christmas Journal
Merry Christmas, everyone. I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday.
My family doesn't make a huge deal out of Christmas. My mother's side of the family has a huge gathering New Year's Day (at our house....*looks around nervously and thinks of all she has to do*) and we have a smaller gathering at my mom's younger brother's house on Christmas Eve (He's the second oldest in the family and lives in the "old homeplace." We have our own graveyard and everything. :-)) We used to all get together on Christmas Day, too, but people started going their separate ways on Christmas (spending it with their children or else the other side of their family). I think that the last year we had Christmas at our house, we only had three of Mom's sisters and their families here. Since my mom has four brothers and four sisters (six of whom live within an hour of us in Kentucky and two of whom live in Georgia), that's small by our standards. To put it into context, we usually expect at least thirty for New Year's Day.
(I'll bore everyone with our New Year's details on New Year's Day.)
Anyway, my parents are really not that big on Christmas gifts. In fact, I just realized that I forgot to give my dad the other gift I bought him today (a wallet valet. They were better about it when I was a child, but now they pretty much have the attitude of "Well, isn't it better that you just pick out what you like than to be surprised with something you don't like?" (My response is usually "Yes, but can't I be surprised with something I like?") As a result, I already had my Christmas presents from them (a ring and two necklaces) and I'd already given my mom her presents (I bought her so much that I'm not sure what actually qualified as Christmas presents, but I definitely got her a crystal Christmas tree). We bought my dad some pajamas, the valet, and he still needs a new electric razor.
We went to my mom's sister's house for Christmas dinner (it was just my aunt, my uncle, my dad, my mom, and me) and then we came home. Mom and I played with the train for a while (It was really funny to watch Alley watching it.) and gave Alley her last Christmas present (a stuffed penguin). After that, I finished rereading Harry Potter and OotP and took a nap. I started rereading HBP, so I should finally read the last book by the end of the year.
I had a few thoughts rereadg OotP, which I may post tomorrow.
I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays!
My family doesn't make a huge deal out of Christmas. My mother's side of the family has a huge gathering New Year's Day (at our house....*looks around nervously and thinks of all she has to do*) and we have a smaller gathering at my mom's younger brother's house on Christmas Eve (He's the second oldest in the family and lives in the "old homeplace." We have our own graveyard and everything. :-)) We used to all get together on Christmas Day, too, but people started going their separate ways on Christmas (spending it with their children or else the other side of their family). I think that the last year we had Christmas at our house, we only had three of Mom's sisters and their families here. Since my mom has four brothers and four sisters (six of whom live within an hour of us in Kentucky and two of whom live in Georgia), that's small by our standards. To put it into context, we usually expect at least thirty for New Year's Day.
(I'll bore everyone with our New Year's details on New Year's Day.)
Anyway, my parents are really not that big on Christmas gifts. In fact, I just realized that I forgot to give my dad the other gift I bought him today (a wallet valet. They were better about it when I was a child, but now they pretty much have the attitude of "Well, isn't it better that you just pick out what you like than to be surprised with something you don't like?" (My response is usually "Yes, but can't I be surprised with something I like?") As a result, I already had my Christmas presents from them (a ring and two necklaces) and I'd already given my mom her presents (I bought her so much that I'm not sure what actually qualified as Christmas presents, but I definitely got her a crystal Christmas tree). We bought my dad some pajamas, the valet, and he still needs a new electric razor.
We went to my mom's sister's house for Christmas dinner (it was just my aunt, my uncle, my dad, my mom, and me) and then we came home. Mom and I played with the train for a while (It was really funny to watch Alley watching it.) and gave Alley her last Christmas present (a stuffed penguin). After that, I finished rereading Harry Potter and OotP and took a nap. I started rereading HBP, so I should finally read the last book by the end of the year.
I had a few thoughts rereadg OotP, which I may post tomorrow.
I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays!