Another year gone, another Christmas celebrated. Another bunch of hyper kids running around like lunatics, hyped up on sugar and excitement LOL.
I love Christmas with the family, and I'm so glad I have one to celebrate the day with. I have a bunch of grandkids to spoil and enjoy and a wonderful family to sit and gossip with. Not to mention the seemingly endless supply of food we have to try and squeeze into our belly that just doesn't seem to expand at the same rate as the food goes in. Rained this year, so we had to celebrate inside, the rain can't possibly put a dampener on Christmas Day, it can affect other days but Christmas is just special.
We are not religious the day doesn't have any sort of religious significance to us, but instead it is a day we celebrate life and love. Some might say that life and love shouldn't come with presents, but neither should celebrating the birth of Jesus unless your giving him presents LOL.
As a kid I eagerly waited for Santa to visit, and with my brothers, tore through our Santa sacks live speedy Gonzales on acid. We travelled to the city to celebrate with other family, always having a hot dinner until the parents decided it was just too much and we stayed at home and had salads, much better suited to Christmas in Australia LOL. I have to admit I sometimes miss the hot lunch and the larger gathering, but only for a little bit LOL.
As I got older Christmas became fun because I was able to buy presents myself to pass out, the thrill of picking something out that I thought was perfect for the recipient and paying for it myself was wonderful. Wrapping the gifts carefully and sliding them under the tree, knowing they would be given and received with love, left me with the warm fuzzies. Then I got to be Santa, stuffing sacks on Christmas eve with presents that were filled with little pieces that could get lost or sucked into the vacuum, didn't dampen the excitement of playing Santa. For most of my kids lives I've been a single parent, which of course means bugger all money. I'd layby at the start of the year, and pay it off as I could. Then when it was closer by the little gifts to fill the sacks, you know the ones I'm talking about, the kids love them but they usually break within a couple of days LOL.
And now my kids are Santa, well 2 of them are anyway. And I get to be Nana and sit back and watch as my girls take the reins and give the joy I felt for years to their own kids. I get to visit and play and then leave LOL. Christmas eve the tree was surrounded by gifts, and now it sits decorated still but without the colour of all different wrappings surrounding it. The wrapping paper is now in the recycling bin, the gifts received have been put away. And that's it for another year.
I used to be so organised when the kids were little what with the early laybying, this year it was all last minute and a huge rush, probably should start shopping in the new year for next years Christmas, but I'm pretty sure it will be a rush again LOL.
Catch yas
Cathy
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May all your dreams come true and may your families and you remain safe and happy.
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