how was your christmas?

yesterday was december 25 and christmas is over. i celebrated mine with all my loved ones (family, relatives and friends) with much laughter and fun. my family and i went to midnight mass before noche buena. after we lighted some sparklers and watched fireworks in the sky and slept. the baby enjoyed the sparklers. in fact he said he was "sparklering".

i did more giving than receiving and it feels quite good. i've really gotten used to not getting much during this time. i haven't even opened a gift-wrapped present yet and i doubt if i ever will receive one. the bf was very practical in giving me money so i'm definitely not going to get a wrapped present from him. my sister did get me a perfume but she didn't wrap it, you see.

the bf still did his exercise on christmas morning but i didn't. i did go with him because he misses me if i don't. i didn't give him any present because my budget was really tight this year. besides, he wasn't expecting anything from me anyway. = )

the baby didn't get a lot of toys this year. instead, he mostly got clothes. but that's okay, we even gave away most of his old toys to the less fortunate kids in the neighborhood. he still has enough to amuse him and his cousin. even his dad did not want to get him toys because they will easily get destroyed. since the baby knows how to sing jingle bells, he sang for his dad. in return, he got 50 pesos.

my mom thinks i still owe her a gift. i didn't get her one because i already gave her cash. my dad chose his own gift from me as well. and i would prefer that than give him something he wouldn't use or like. my dad is the lousiest gift giver of all. last year, when we had our kris kringle, he gave me a set of bed linens. hello???!!* but of course, i accepted it with grace and dignity even if me and my mom were laughing so hard when he went out of the room. my sister and brother did not get any present from me either. oh well...

my time with the girlfriends was a barrel of laughs (as usual!) we are all lucky to have been spared from the typhoon. my girlfriends and i are going to share to the less fortunate before the end of the year. we set it to december 30 because of conflicting schedules. we plan to give to the victims of sendong but we still need to plan this- or rather not plan. we are all for spontaneity because most of our plans are doomed to fail. it is going to be our third year of gift-giving.

that was my christmas, how was yours?