What are you doing for the holidays?

[Imaginary Light]

I'll be spending Christmas Eve and Christmas day the same way I usually do, which is just fine with me

I'll probably end up working Christmas Eve morning, but then I'll be home in time to enjoy a little relaxation and gift exchange with my mom, dad, sister, and brother. Then it's off to 4pm mass, and then dinner at my grandma and grandpa's house. Yummy food, lots of gifts, lots of fun Oh, and staying up really late.

Then Christmas morning my little brother will wake up really early, come into my room, and hang out with me. Then my sister will get up, and we'll force my parents to get up so we can open our gifts (despite my being 18 and my sister being 16, we still do this My brother has an excuse because he's only 10). We'll open gifts while watching A Christmas Story (oh em gee, this movie will NEVER get old!), watch my cat get high on the catnip we give her, and then chill; maybe have some eggs and bacon.

Then it's off to my grandma's house (on my daddy's side)...and my family on my dad's side is, um, HUGE. So it's always a grand ol' time (I love my family, okay?). Gift exchanges and fun. My grandma's family room is so small and my family's so big that all my teen cousins and I end up sitting on the stairs that lead to the second floor for gift opening (I should take pictures; it's a funnier site than you'd think).

Then I'll go over to my grandma and grandpa's house on my mom's side again for dinner and dessert, and we'll just chill like the (small, this time) family we are I love Christmas.