I'm. . .Dreaming. . .Of A White. . .Christmas. . .
Just like the ones I
never knew. . .
Sing along time? Hmm, perhaps not. I've had a
blue Christmas here and there before, but I don't think I've really ever had a white one. And what do I mean by "
blue" Christmas? Simple. I mean one that was covered by ice. That's certainly more of a reason not to want to go anywhere on Christmas day.
Well, my sister-in-law, Maggie, and my brother, Nathan, are driving down here today from Minnesota. Brrr. I think that this may be Maggie's first Christmas here. In fact, I'm sure of it.
So here's a little list of things that happen to do around the house here on Christmas:
- When you wake up on Christmas morning, first check and see if anyone else is up.
- If it is 6 am or before, go back to sleep/just be really quiet. If it is after 6 am, see #3.
- If you are the first one up, proceed to figure out a way to wake everyone else up (except for mom).
- When everyone is awake (except for mom), discuss ways to possibly wake mom up.
- Execute those plans.
- Hop around excitedly.
- Go into the living room with intrepid glances around at all of the cool things around.
- Sit by the stockings and get your stocking or let someone else get it for you.
- Take out everything in stocking and admire how cute/silly/sweet/stupid/wonderful it is.
- Act surprised.
- Gaze lovingly at the tree.
- Wait until someone (probably me) goes and gets all of the presents out from under said tree.
- Wait until you have all of your presents.
- Open one at a time in a circle with everyone else.
- Laugh and have fun.
- Hug people.
- Slowly freeze.
- Eat breakfast.
- Do something else.
See? It's not that hard. Rules are rules. Except that they can all be bent a little. That is of course except for rules
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posted by Val at 12/23/2001 02:25:00 PM
