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and then they went on to say that the pearly gates had some eloquent graffiti, like "we'll meet again", and "fuck the man", and "tell my mother not to worry"

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  • watching a christmas story while putting ornaments on the same fake tree we've had for at least six years
  • mom making fudge and divinity
  • mom and emily wrapping presents for days; i am wrapping paper stupid.
  • making the 12 hour drive to kentucky from pennsylvania to be at my paternal grandparents' house
    • regardless of weather or sickness, ahem
  • all of us staying at grandma and papa's house, even though by christmas day there's about 15 people and 6 or 7 dogs
  • making piles and piles of sugar cookies for the grandkids to frost and sprinkle
  • getting annoyed at the christmas song-playing clock
  • watching football games on the sometimes-boring days leading up to christmas, while trying not to stare at the presents that cover 1/2 of the room
  • if it snows, pulling the younger kids around on sleds
  • if it doesn't snow, climbing trees and exploring the frozen creeks
  • big christmas eve dinner with ham and all the staples
  • going to midnight mass on christmas eve/day
  • opening everyone's immediate familys' presents after mass
  • having cocoa and cookies before going to bed at two in the morning
  • waking up 5-6 hours later to open all the extended familys' presents
  • christmas day dinner, usually with the priest
  • driving 3 hours to my maternal grandfather's (and his wife's) house in tennessee for more family and more presents
  • being really bored in his retirement village, with nothing to do but go to the outlet mall and movies and play video games
  • making the 10 hour drive home
  • leaving the tree and the lights up for weeks afterward, or until it's sort of warm
jul 5 2009 ∞
jan 6 2010 +