A Very Merry Christmas Indeed

The Christmas Tree

Well everyone, Christmas has finally come and gone. The thing that we've looked forward to all year has finally passed us by. If you ask me, it's kind of bittersweet the day after Christmas. We know that we've got 365 (or 366) more days before we ever see it again.

Enough with the sadness of Christmas gone by, let's talk about how Christmas went. Like most Christmas mornings, I woke, unintentionally, at the ungodly hour of 4:00. I looked at the clock, irritated. Not because I was up so early (all though that didn't exactly help), but because I knew I was going to have to wait another four or five hours before I could go downstairs and open my presents. So I tried to go back to sleep. But that doesn't always work so well for me; once I'm awake, game over. That's it. So I laid there in bed and listened to my iPod for four or five hours.

Until my little brother Andy woke me up, making a huge ruckus. Soon after my whole family waltzed groggily downstairs to our fireplace and tree, where are our huge stockings were laid down on the ground, overflowing with gifts and goodies. After rounding up everybody, we finally started. The gifts and gift-giving weren't terribly thrilling as my boyish love of material things has declined, but here are a couple of the highlights and the gifts that I got.

My older brother Micheal, one of the most arrogant people I know, got a bottle of Arrogant Bastard Ale in his stocking. Funny stuff.
My older sister got some makeup, cool clothes, and Hairspray (the movie).
My Dad got a new suit which he loved.
My Mom got socks and a flying pig broach. She's really into flying pigs for some reason.
Andy got a Nintendo Wii. We both know it's for us, but he'll probably harass me that it's his. He also got hot sauce banned in several countries.
I got some sheetmusic, some ski clothes, a digital camera (blogger's best frriend), Super Mario Galaxy, a puzzle that's actually a map with my house in the middle, and a cowbell. Whoo-hoo! Merry Christmas! I'll post again once I get my blasted camera figured out...