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jackofallgeeksWell, gee, I seem to be a little behind the curve. I'm the only one yet to not have a Christmas-type entry up here (well, except for Rachel, but hey...). yeah, so, let us go there.
Christmas at my place is always an event. I mean, for weeks before the actual day, it's just...fun's not the right word, but you get the general idea. Nedlss to say, it's been "Christmastime" since I got here. A week or so before Christmas day, we go shopping - and I mean massive-mobgroup-shopping. The family heads out to the mall, en masse, and we look around, decide what we're getting for who, and then mis padres make a trip to pick up all the gifts. This year, however, I was responsible for myself, and so i was buying the gifts when I decided what I wanted t'get people.
Now, maybe that has t'do with it, but somehow this year I really had fun with it. I mean, yeah, it's always nice t'get someone a gift, but I mean this year it was really fun. I had decided before hand (about 3 months ago) that I wanted t'try and get something for everyone. i got Tim a...gee, what DID I get Tim? Ah yes, I got him a Bionicle Lego set, and two booster packs of Magic: the Gathering - Odyssey cards. Then I got Josh a couple of books (one based on M:tG and one based on various White Wolf games) and a couple packs of Odyssey cards. Greg got a Dinosaur Lego set and two boosters, and then Gene I gor a Nakururu (That's spelled wrong) action figure - she's Gene's fav character from Samurai Showdown - and then I got him the Heros Unimited main book (that's an RPG), and a couple packs of Odyssey boosters. Finally, I got Jen a $20 Blockbuster card and an Odyssey Pre-Con(structed) deck. Gee, I seem to sense a running theme...maybe it's me. ^_^ I got some other peoples gifts, and sent out some cards, but peoples haven't recieved them yet, so I shut my mouth.
Christmas Eve, of course it also big. See, every Christmas, my mom makes this sea-food dinner, with scallops, crab, shrimp, and this spaghetti with sea-food sause instead of regular sause. Sea food's big in our family. Then we head off to bed, but not before opening a single present, of our parent's choice. Traditionally, they get up each pajamas to open on Christmas Eve, and true to form, they did. Then, into bed.
You'll notice I did not say 'to sleep'. No, you see, few of us sleep easily on christmas eve, yours truely incuded. Me and the boys were all in Gene's room (that's where I've been staying, with Gene and Josh, and Tim's in there too since the little people took over his room) and we speant a few hours playing Magic (of course). Then we fitfully struggle for rest. All an exercise in futility, of course.
Some time around midnight or two-AM, we fell alseep. Or, I fell asleep. I think I did. That's beside the fact. I was up at 4:00. No, not by choice - you see, long ago my parents decreed that if the sun weren't up, neither were they. Those two or three hours between wakefulness and sunrise are often the most interesting. Next year, me and my brothers are going to bring in water and snack-food - we were all quite thirsty, but, you know, you can't leave your room christmas morning until it's "time".
Sunrise did come, and with the first rays of the sun, Alex (my newwest nephew) made sure his parents were up. And mine, for that matter. ^_^ Again, we had to wake the little people - Greg, Beth and Becky. Slackers.
Now then, seeing as about 1/2 of my fmily, plus two nephews, are under the age of ten, Santa Clause still deigns to visit our humble home. Luckily for us beyon that Magical Age, he still leaves us gifts too. Score! ^_^
From Santa, I got a mouse with a scroll key and a laser-tracker (no dam track-balls for me ^_^) the Diable Battlechest (that is, Diablo, Diable 2, and the expantion), the full version of Musicmatch Jukebox, and an Uber-Set with chess, backgamon, checkers, mancala, dominos, and cribage. Yeeees, fun stuffs.
And, of course, Christmas is only complete with the Tree, and ours is, needless to say, ALWAYS swamped with presents. in a family of 11, it happens, ne? From that I got some 30 M:tG cards, a Rifts book, the game of Go (^_^), a deck of Legend of the Five Rings cards (new edition, too) and some clothes. I should think it was successful, ne?
::Grins:: There was also one other Christmas gift. SHE said it wasn't, but I don't believe that. She sent me another role-playing book: Ninjas and Superspies. Over 35 different Martial Arts, baby!
The clever girl also sent me a bag of candy, marked "Andy's Kisses." Sweet, yes, but clever in this - it was filled solely with Andes Mints and Hershes Kisses. Yes, Yuk it up. Yuk it up. ^_^
....Though, when she ever started calling me "Andy"....
Christmas at my place is always an event. I mean, for weeks before the actual day, it's just...fun's not the right word, but you get the general idea. Nedlss to say, it's been "Christmastime" since I got here. A week or so before Christmas day, we go shopping - and I mean massive-mobgroup-shopping. The family heads out to the mall, en masse, and we look around, decide what we're getting for who, and then mis padres make a trip to pick up all the gifts. This year, however, I was responsible for myself, and so i was buying the gifts when I decided what I wanted t'get people.
Now, maybe that has t'do with it, but somehow this year I really had fun with it. I mean, yeah, it's always nice t'get someone a gift, but I mean this year it was really fun. I had decided before hand (about 3 months ago) that I wanted t'try and get something for everyone. i got Tim a...gee, what DID I get Tim? Ah yes, I got him a Bionicle Lego set, and two booster packs of Magic: the Gathering - Odyssey cards. Then I got Josh a couple of books (one based on M:tG and one based on various White Wolf games) and a couple packs of Odyssey cards. Greg got a Dinosaur Lego set and two boosters, and then Gene I gor a Nakururu (That's spelled wrong) action figure - she's Gene's fav character from Samurai Showdown - and then I got him the Heros Unimited main book (that's an RPG), and a couple packs of Odyssey boosters. Finally, I got Jen a $20 Blockbuster card and an Odyssey Pre-Con(structed) deck. Gee, I seem to sense a running theme...maybe it's me. ^_^ I got some other peoples gifts, and sent out some cards, but peoples haven't recieved them yet, so I shut my mouth.
Christmas Eve, of course it also big. See, every Christmas, my mom makes this sea-food dinner, with scallops, crab, shrimp, and this spaghetti with sea-food sause instead of regular sause. Sea food's big in our family. Then we head off to bed, but not before opening a single present, of our parent's choice. Traditionally, they get up each pajamas to open on Christmas Eve, and true to form, they did. Then, into bed.
You'll notice I did not say 'to sleep'. No, you see, few of us sleep easily on christmas eve, yours truely incuded. Me and the boys were all in Gene's room (that's where I've been staying, with Gene and Josh, and Tim's in there too since the little people took over his room) and we speant a few hours playing Magic (of course). Then we fitfully struggle for rest. All an exercise in futility, of course.
Some time around midnight or two-AM, we fell alseep. Or, I fell asleep. I think I did. That's beside the fact. I was up at 4:00. No, not by choice - you see, long ago my parents decreed that if the sun weren't up, neither were they. Those two or three hours between wakefulness and sunrise are often the most interesting. Next year, me and my brothers are going to bring in water and snack-food - we were all quite thirsty, but, you know, you can't leave your room christmas morning until it's "time".
Sunrise did come, and with the first rays of the sun, Alex (my newwest nephew) made sure his parents were up. And mine, for that matter. ^_^ Again, we had to wake the little people - Greg, Beth and Becky. Slackers.
Now then, seeing as about 1/2 of my fmily, plus two nephews, are under the age of ten, Santa Clause still deigns to visit our humble home. Luckily for us beyon that Magical Age, he still leaves us gifts too. Score! ^_^
From Santa, I got a mouse with a scroll key and a laser-tracker (no dam track-balls for me ^_^) the Diable Battlechest (that is, Diablo, Diable 2, and the expantion), the full version of Musicmatch Jukebox, and an Uber-Set with chess, backgamon, checkers, mancala, dominos, and cribage. Yeeees, fun stuffs.
And, of course, Christmas is only complete with the Tree, and ours is, needless to say, ALWAYS swamped with presents. in a family of 11, it happens, ne? From that I got some 30 M:tG cards, a Rifts book, the game of Go (^_^), a deck of Legend of the Five Rings cards (new edition, too) and some clothes. I should think it was successful, ne?
::Grins:: There was also one other Christmas gift. SHE said it wasn't, but I don't believe that. She sent me another role-playing book: Ninjas and Superspies. Over 35 different Martial Arts, baby!
The clever girl also sent me a bag of candy, marked "Andy's Kisses." Sweet, yes, but clever in this - it was filled solely with Andes Mints and Hershes Kisses. Yes, Yuk it up. Yuk it up. ^_^
....Though, when she ever started calling me "Andy"....
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Date: 2001-12-31 01:26 pm (UTC)