CLICmas #4
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It’s that time of year again and I am really excited, despite not usually being so.
Last year I wasn’t looking forward to the big day at all for some reason, but this year… I’m flipping excited! And I have a theory why.
Last year, I told my parents I wanted nothing special and told them to get me ‘whatever’. This year, however, I have a list. Not just any list but “The Christmas list of Toriabeth! (I’ve been good)” to send to Santa. This list contains a detailed account of the beautiful and mainly inexpensive presents that will bring me so much happiness and joy on Christmas Day that I think I’ll shout. And whoop. And scream. Loudly.
It contains simple things, like the new Harry Potter DVD, for instance and I know that snuggling up in the new jumper I asked for, with a mug of something hot and watching that will make me so very happy!
Well, that, along with a games fest ranging from the classic board games to a Wii Sports tournament, with my nearest and dearest, probably losing to my egghead dad at Scrabble, and coming second to the detective of the family, my mother in Cluedo and making a fool of myself at Wii Golf. I can’t wait! I think I might wake everyone up at 6:30am like my mother did last year.
On Christmas Eve, the four of us - my parents, my brother and I will all traipse to good ole’ Cardiff to buy some more things before going home and, for want of a better word, chilling, until evening time when I put a big red coat on, and a red hat with a white fur rim… and deliver Christmas cards dressed as Father Christmas. Weird? Oh, that’s just me.
What are everyone’s traditions for Christmas Eve? Winter Wonderland? Out shopping? Or, even, chilling with a good Christmas movie (Love Actually is my preference) and sitting round like The Royle Family?
I’m really getting in the mood now, my excitement filling with every box I open on my Mars advent calendar and with every Christmas song I listen to (Driving Home For Christmas, The Christmas Song and Fairytale Of New York are my favourites). If I had a green suit and a red hat I could easily be an elf, imagine!
Anyway, I love Christmas, and this year, I love CLICmas! And, as Tiny Tim would say in my favourite Christmas book: “God bless us, every one!”
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Ihavethecyrusvirusx
Commented 2 months ago - 4th December 2011 - 10:55am
Haha! Sounds like you have fun!
I normally have my brother and sister visit on Christmas eve and we have like party food and just talk and listen to music and then my gran stays over and we watch TV. Normally, I end up on the laptop as per usual, but I still get involved.
Christmas day involves waking up early (the only time, bar Disney, that I will get up early) takes me about 5 minutes to wake my gran up then rush down stairs as my mother says "OPEN YOUR STOCKING FIRST AND SLOWLY! I'M MAKING COFFEE AND BOB HAS TO PICK UP YOUR DAD!" so I open the little prezzies outta my stocking, my mother tries to get me to eat something to slow me down from opening presents and then when my dad arrives, I just dive into the presents. Then after all that, we get ready and go to the Lord Tonypandy for food. I don't like carveries much so usually I'm like "hurry up with the food, I wanna go back home!"
When we go back home, we just do whatever til the soap specials.
I knew you'd have the HP DVD! Merry CLICmas, Vick! xx
MarshMallo
Commented 2 months ago - 7th December 2011 - 22:23pm
I'm in the pantomime most years. I have no time for tradition.
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