My family does all of our Christmas stuff on Christmas Eve so my 3 sibs can have their Christmas mornings at their houses with their spouses and kids. So we all had our big dinner (mine: roast beef & gravy w/mushrooms, as well as turkey & gravy with buttered rolls, and a handful of cucumber slices for 'balance', plus 2 huge mugs of Costa Rican coffee from Joe's Coffee House alongside several cookies from my sister's pile of baked goods) at a relatively leisure pace before the 7 kids in attendance clamored too loudly for presents to be ignored.
I'm pleased to say that all of the kids liked what I got them (especially the leopard print bowling ball bag purses, with bonus gifts inside, for the 4 girls), and I came away with a decent haul myself. When we Skyped with my youngest brother & his family in northern California, through the miracle of free video chatting, I got to see that his 3 kids were happy too (comic books, "Star Wars" trading cards & patches, and a "Josie & the Pussycats" DVD). So even though they couldn't fly out this year, it was like they were here too. Also, my mom loved the personalized mug and the alpaca scarf I got for her in Vermont back in early November.
It's funny, I got into my car just before 4 pm with a box full of wrapped gifts for others, and I exited my car in my driveway around 10 pm with a box full of unwrapped gifts for myself. A very Mirror Christmas (haha)!
The round up: I received flannel sheets for my bed and flannel drawstring pants (2 pair!) for sitting around in; several pounds of coffee beans (Dunkin Donuts and UCR); Sting's "If on a Winter's Night..."; a trio of glass corner shelves; a scented candle; a couple of books (Coffee with Dickens and The Card); twenty $1 scratch tickets (yielding fourteen dollars) and a handful of gift cards, mostly for books, music, and art supplies. I gratefully accept this bounty in the (American) Christmas Spirit in which it was presented to me, and am most appreciative for my family and the evening we all spent together...
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