*Cue cheesy Paul McCartney Xmas song that I can't stand*

I’ve never spent Xmas day anywhere other than my parents’ house. When I lived in Toronto I’d always come home for a visit and revel in being babied. My mom and dad are the shit. (That’s a good thing, Mom, if you ever read this). I just love being with my family around the tree. Now the new generation is here and the torch passes…we watch the kids open gifts while we ooh and ahh over household appliances and stuff kids find utterly boring. I remember questioning my parents’ sense of adventure whenever they’d buy each other a Celine Dion cd or Reba McIntyre’s autobiography (I read that one out of boredom when I was 12. You should read it while listening to banjo music, trippy stuff I bet)
Two Xmases ago I was pregnant and I stayed overnight as I knew that that would be the very last time I would stay overnight on Xmas eve at my parents’ place. My mom gave me two teddy bears for the twins (when they were born, obviously). Sometime after they were born I dressed the teddy bears in onesies that the twins wore as newborns and now they sleep cuddled up to them.

I suppose that this Xmas will be a lot of fun for the kids. We got them some pretty fun stuff and I hope that any ‘singing’ toys they get will have a large repertoire because I’m getting a rash from listening to Old MacDonald in different versions on every toy. Play me some of the bands that play on Yo Gabba Gabba. I swear that show was created just for me.

Of the top ten gifts I’ve had for Xmas in my whole life, they are as follows, in no particular order:

1) Purple and pink Popple

2) Meghan, a fuck-ton of My Little Ponies and the singing stage

3) Laptop computer (Wayne went a little overboard)

4) Acoustic guitar

5) Electric guitar

6) Jem and the Hollograms (any doll)

7) Great Shape Barbie (this was my first Barbie. Now they’ve updated it and brought it back. I’m so glad Toy Story 3 had her in that outfit. Now I’ve bought it for Rayna when she’s older. It’ll be HER first Barbie. And so the circle goes…)

8) A really sweet dvd player when the were still pretty new.

9) L7 cds (I wasn’t getting my angst out properly. These cds were a crucial tool in my formative years.)

10) Money has to go on here because I never have any.

Ok maybe that was lame, but I’ve had some pretty spoiled moments. 1, 2, and 6 all happened on the same Xmas. The laptop was probably the craziest one though. I wonder what my kids are going to be into. Anyone remember this doll?  http://www.inthe80s.com/toys/maxidolls0.shtml

May you have a fruitful Xmas, don’t drink too much, you might hit on a relative during the festivities. Be excellent to each other. Love.