this is where the childish side of me gets ridiculously excited and starts singing christmas carols off tune (but i never finish a whole song, they just seem to blend into each other). i'll fritter today away, wishing away the hours by reading and playing scrabble and such. tonight mum will make a big dinner (that seems to be the thing which excites mum the most about the holidays, an excuse for an elaborate meal. she's much like a stereotypical italian mother in that way) and the whole family will hole up in the living room for the evening to watch christmas specials. probably "Claymation Christmas" or "It's A Wonderful Life" because those are family favorites we haven't watched this year yet.
then i'll get my sleeping bag and lie on my sisters floor, and try and utterly fail at falling asleep. i'll drift between midnight and one, then wake every half hour or so to dash into the living room to see if Santa's come. when he has i'll wake Gin. then we'll go through our stockings, show each other, discuss whatever odd things we get (it's usually small stuff like socks and gift cards, but one year Gin got a computer. i was about 7 and she was 13, and i was very jealous [even though i had no idea how to use a computer]. oh, and there's always chocolate oranges in our stockings; don't really know why, it's just a tradition.)
eventually we'll go to sleep, then wake up a few hours later for breakfast (usually panatoni courtesy of someone on Dad's route, which is unfortunate because i HATE panatoni. but we're having something else this year, something secret. silly italian mother) and after breakfast presents. then we lounge around the house, happy but also sad that we have a whole year to wait before we go through the process again.
yay. so excited!
*claps with joy*
wow, i wrote a lot more about that than i was expecting. i guess i just really look forward to these two days and the family feelings they bring.
anyways,
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
1 comment:
caity, i love you, that's basically it, i love how you find this joy in the simple things, spending time with family, and such. you are so cute and lovable. hope your holidays are wonderful!
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