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In a few hours I'll be headed to Mass, and then I'll come back up here on Christmas Eve, then I'm going back down with Matt on Christmas, and then coming back the day after. I've pretty much always been the kind of person who tries to block out the holidays, but I'm almost looking forward to it because I'm going to be spending most of it with Matt. Just not looking forward to the driving. Now that Matt has his license, I'll be able to guilt trip him into driving some of it :) For the record, I'm coming down for Christmas Eve to make my favorite little sisters happy, so I better be getting a GOOD present, and I don't mean any of that homemade, it looks crummy but it's made with love, sort of crap. I'm not even kidding.
The kids are VERY concerned about Santa. What if the screen in front of the chimney is locked? What if you don't HAVE a chimney? What if he doesn't fit? What if the BAG doesn't fit? What if the family has a dog that bites? What if he can't find the trash to throw away the napkin that the cookies were on? What if he gets tired and falls asleep on your floor? Should we leave him some coffee? What if he has to pee? What if there's a hole in the roof and a reindeer gets stuck? What if he thinks the Christmas tree is for him and he takes it? I tried to convince them that maybe we should move the whole tree/present/cookie deal onto the roof so that Santa wouldn't even have to come in, but CLEARLY that wouldn't work because then there's a chance that the reindeer would knock the tree off the house when they landed. I feel like the mysteriousness of Santa leaves plenty of room for the most bs explanations...so I told them that he has a walkie talkie and he can get an elf to help him if he gets stuck/tired. Maybe we'll leave him a detailed note pointing him in the direction of the cookies, bathroom and trash...and to let him know that the Christmas tree is to stay in the house and that he shouldn't take it. And also, maybe we can suggest him leaving through the front door. As long as he locked it behind him.
Trudi left me some presents to wrap for her. I definitely know how hard it is to have kids and get stuff done, so I don't mind. But she left me something that's like, five by four feet. I don't want to wrap that! I CAN'T wrap that. Maybe I'll just take a couple of pieces of wrapping paper and place them strategically on the box to cover up the words that tell what it is. I'll tell them that the kids wrapped it. And also that they lie so don't listen to anything they say.
Hey if you're in the Northboro area and feel like getting together tonight, caaaall me :)
The kids are VERY concerned about Santa. What if the screen in front of the chimney is locked? What if you don't HAVE a chimney? What if he doesn't fit? What if the BAG doesn't fit? What if the family has a dog that bites? What if he can't find the trash to throw away the napkin that the cookies were on? What if he gets tired and falls asleep on your floor? Should we leave him some coffee? What if he has to pee? What if there's a hole in the roof and a reindeer gets stuck? What if he thinks the Christmas tree is for him and he takes it? I tried to convince them that maybe we should move the whole tree/present/cookie deal onto the roof so that Santa wouldn't even have to come in, but CLEARLY that wouldn't work because then there's a chance that the reindeer would knock the tree off the house when they landed. I feel like the mysteriousness of Santa leaves plenty of room for the most bs explanations...so I told them that he has a walkie talkie and he can get an elf to help him if he gets stuck/tired. Maybe we'll leave him a detailed note pointing him in the direction of the cookies, bathroom and trash...and to let him know that the Christmas tree is to stay in the house and that he shouldn't take it. And also, maybe we can suggest him leaving through the front door. As long as he locked it behind him.
Trudi left me some presents to wrap for her. I definitely know how hard it is to have kids and get stuff done, so I don't mind. But she left me something that's like, five by four feet. I don't want to wrap that! I CAN'T wrap that. Maybe I'll just take a couple of pieces of wrapping paper and place them strategically on the box to cover up the words that tell what it is. I'll tell them that the kids wrapped it. And also that they lie so don't listen to anything they say.
Hey if you're in the Northboro area and feel like getting together tonight, caaaall me :)