Another Collins Christmas strikes again...
Call from my father this afternoon (Christmas Eve, 4pm)
"Hi Sar, it's me. Have you got any ideas about what you want from Christmas?"
"Dad, it's Christmas eve"
"I know but I haven't had a chance to get anything and I just thought maybe there was something you might like"
"Ummm, no not really..."
"Nothing you can think of?"
"Ummm, no...Don't worry about it, I'll need some stuff when I go to Melbourne so maybe later in January..."
"Ok. Oh and just warning you so we don't get yelled at when you get here - we didn't put the Christmas tree up."
"Why not?"
"Ohhhh we just couldn't be bothered."
"I'll put it up when I get up to Toowoomba!"
"No, don't bother, it's too much effort trying to take it down then..."
And so proves that Christmas can indeed get worse than I ever thought possible. Last year we had a big fight, this year we just don't bother at all.
"Hi Sar, it's me. Have you got any ideas about what you want from Christmas?"
"Dad, it's Christmas eve"
"I know but I haven't had a chance to get anything and I just thought maybe there was something you might like"
"Ummm, no not really..."
"Nothing you can think of?"
"Ummm, no...Don't worry about it, I'll need some stuff when I go to Melbourne so maybe later in January..."
"Ok. Oh and just warning you so we don't get yelled at when you get here - we didn't put the Christmas tree up."
"Why not?"
"Ohhhh we just couldn't be bothered."
"I'll put it up when I get up to Toowoomba!"
"No, don't bother, it's too much effort trying to take it down then..."
And so proves that Christmas can indeed get worse than I ever thought possible. Last year we had a big fight, this year we just don't bother at all.