CHRISTMAS FOR US IS ALWAY A HECTIC, BUT A FUN TIME OF YEAR FOR US. THERE ARE THE USUAL CHRISTMAS PARTIES, MY FAVORITE IS OUR FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY WHICH WAS HELD THE SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THERE IS LOTS OF GOOD FOOD, KATHY AND MIKE SEE TO IT THAT I HAVE MY OWN STACHE OF HOMEMADE BAKLAVA. CATCHING UP WITH EVERYONE'S NEWS AND GOSSIP. SANTA SOMEHOW ALWAYS SHOWS UP TO DELIGHT THE YOUNG AND OLD. IT IS SUCH A JOY TO WATCH THE LITTLE ONES, THE WONDER IN THEIR EYES AND THEIR EXCITEMENT ! WE SING CAROLS WITH SANTA, AND A COUPLE OF THE KIDS SANG THEIR OWN SONGS FOR A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE. GRANDCHILDRENS' PLAYS AND PROGRAMS ARE ALWAYS FUN TO ATTEND, SQUIRMING LITTLE PEOPLE ON A STAGE SINGING THEIR HEARTS OUT. AND OF COURSE THERE IS THE SHOPPING, SHOPPING AND MORE SHOPPING. I REMEMBER WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE YOUNG, MY PARENTS WOULD SAY, "CHRISTMAS BAH HUMBUG, LETS JUST FORGET IT THIS YEAR ! THEY WOULD GIVE ME MONEY TO SPEND ON ME AND THE KIDS,I WOULD WRAP IT AND PUT IT UNDER THEIR TREE FROM THEM. NOW I UNDERSTAND, THE OLDER YOU GET, THE HARDER IT IS ! WE HAVE 8 CHILDREN TO BUY FOR, THEIR HUSBANDS AND BOYFRIENDS, 17 (WITH ANOTHER ON THE WAY) GRANDCHILDREN, AND SEVERAL THAT CALL US GRANDPA AND GRANDMA, PLUS WE USUALLY TRY TO HELP A FAMILY IN NEED. BELIVE ME THATS ALOT OF SHOPPING ! I ALWAYS SAY I'M GOING TO GET IT DONE SOONER NEXT YEAR, BUT THAT NEVER SEEMS TO HAPPEN ! MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE WILL GO ON A CRUISE !!! NEVER THE LESS WE ALL HAVE A GOOD TIME. THE TRADITION AT OUR HOUSE IS TO HAVE MY KIDS COME FOR CHRISTMAS EVE. THEN WE HAVE SCOTTS KIDS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. CHRISTMAS DAY IS SPENT VISITING GRANDCHILDREN TO SEE WHAT SANTA BROUGHT AND ALSO STOPPING AT MY SISTER PEGS. WE ALSO VISITED A FRIEND IN THE HOSPITAL. THIS YEAR GENTRY AND HER FAMILY, AND SUMMER AND HER FAMILY STAYED OVER NIGHT SO THEY COULD BE HERE CHRISTMAS MORNING. WE HAD 11 PEOPLE CHRISTMAS MORNING OPENING GIFTS, WHAT A RIOT ! SANTA WAS VERY GOOD TO US THIS YEAR. DID I MENTION THAT NEXT YEAR I HOPE TO BE ON A CRUISE ! OF COURSE WE MISS DUSTIN TERRIBLY THIS TIME OF YEAR. WISHING HE COULD BE WITH US AND HIS CHILDREN, TO SEE TIER WIDE EYES AND EXCITEMENT, HOPEFULLY HE CAN. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THAT YOUR NEW YEAR WILL BE AWESOME.
P.S. YOUR WELCOME TO JOIN US ON OUR CRUISE !!!
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