Fastest Re-gift....
I sure hope everyone had a great Christmas. We did and the kids especially. Hunter did loose a tooth (top front) and he was as excited with the tooth fairy as Santa Claus almost. My granddaughters had a ton of fun playing with the remote control helicopters that my grandson got for Christmas. I told my son he needs to get some boy type toys for those girls once in awhile. I got a small flat screen tv for the bedroom. My old one would only come on when it decided to. I got some warm pjs and two boxes of candy (which I didn't need!!!) and lots of other things. I had thought we were only buying for the kids but granny got some also. Ever heard of Dolly Mama's? There is one to the left. They are metal and have all kinds of things hanging off them, hats, jewelry, bags, signs, etc. My daughter collects them and I was able to find several on eBay so her kids could give her something she really wanted this year. They are hilarious!
We got a kick out of my son who re-gifted right there before we got started. His birthday was 20 December and his sister, gave him this silly gift which was some hunters in a jeep with a deer across the hood and it makes noise and things move etc., you get the picture. Well he had it all sacked up and gave it to his nephew (her son). Of course there were murmurs of "we'll see who gets it next year". I have a feeling we will be seeing a lot of that gift in the coming years. (we once had a country duck that was made of the most obnoxious colored material, that got re-gifted and passed around until it finally disappeared - I'm sure in the trash- but it gave us a lot of laughs). Then the piece de resistance, lunch!!!! We had both ham and turkey and all the great things that people have for Christmas. Like great grandmothers cranberry salad, sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes, gravy, olives, creamed peas and dressing.
My daughter came over the next day and helped me take down the "dead" Christmas tree. I am definitely going back to the faux one next year. I remember why I got a faux one in the first place --- needles all over the carpet, across the porch and down the drive way and I will be finding them until next year. That beautiful, good smelling, long needled tree literally fell into a trillion pieces when we tried to pull up the tree sack to haul it out. I had it in water the whole month. Arggggg, I hate that mess.
Oh my gosh, I just had a piece of the Ferrero Collection chocolates! That is like no other taste and I am not a person who usually eats candy, cake or ice cream. DO NOT tell my doctor! Then there was the weather that came in on Christmas eve in the form of a blizzard, dumped only 3 inches of snow because most of it blew over to Arkansas and was literally freezing, HOWEVER, we did have a white Christmas and the kids got to play in the snow later in the day. Most important of all was we were all here together and had a really great Christmas day!
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posted by Ann at
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Good. Christmas was eventful for you :)
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That Dolly Mamma thing is hilarious. Your Christmas sounds wonderful and the food, too. I need a new t.v. for my bedroom but will have to buy it myself! Those chocolates are to die for. I had so many sweets during Christmas I am ready for something else. I hope you have a wonderful New Year.
I now have a faux tree just for the very reasons you listed. PLUS I always tipped over the tree stand so had water all over the carpet too--along with the needles off the tree and tree sap all over my hands. Yep--faux tree from now on.
It warms my heart that you bought your granddaughters Snuggies.
Happy holidays!
Sounds like you had a nice Christmas! Hope you have a Happy New Year!
It does sound like you had a very nice Christmas. I think about everyone eats things during the holidays that we should not.
I gave up on the real trees years ago - drying out to fast and allergies going crazy.
Happy New Year.
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