christmas haul & talking meme #12

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buttholebread asked: talk about ur fav christmas present of all time

when i was little i tended to get toys for christmas that i rarely played with or books that i read once and then put aside, and now that i'm older a lot of my gifts are more practical, so i don't think i have a ~~FAVE but here are three i really treasure:

• CASEY'S GIFTS FROM THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR. it seems our unspoken tradition is i make her something handmade and she gets me something silver. last year she got us matching sam&dean keychains since she's the dean to my sam <3 and this year i got a bEAUTIFUL engraved silver bracelet that says "#scarysamgirl" so all my people can identify me ;U;; idk THEY'RE SMALL THINGS.....BUT THEY'RE OUR THINGS and i love having tangible reminders of our best friendship <333
• my camera! it technically wasn't a christmas gift, since i got it over the summer, but we counted it as one, which is why i had an empty space under the tree today. my parents got me a video camera two years ago but i never used it because tbh the quality was subpar and i had nothing to really film, but since this one does film AND static, and i had so much fun with it in my class this year, i'm really grateful for it. i might actually start vlogging in the new year with it to make sure i have a reason to keep using it. <3
• and last christmas one of my gifts was airfare to chicon '14, which was a blessing on more levels than one. without that help from my family i wouldn't have gotten to meet sam and that's. like that can't be quanitifed you know

relatively small christmas haul this year but some nice stuff ;U; my parents got me a lovely used kindle fire (SHOOT ME SOME LONGFIC RECS PLEASE PLEASE THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO USE IT FOR THE MOST); some yoga gear for my class in the spring; my mom is crocheting me this kickass scarf that has SKULLS hidden in the pattern !!!!!!!!; a candle warmer type thing with some pine-scented waxes; and a new wallet which is DESPERATELY needed. and knowing my grandpa he's gonna show up with some $$$ which i hope to put towards some new clothes and possibly another tat.

happy birthday 2 my main homie jc!!!!!! and i hope you guys are having a restful holiday <3