Sounds very nice......the way it was intended to be. Like anything..it's what you make it.
Bree > >No I don't, but I didn't want to break the thread. > >I don't hate Christmas, never have, but the celebration that it has evolved >into in my family makes it very special. Now that our kids are grown and >gone, Susan and I use Christmas as a way to express our love and to have a >little fun. We don't buy any gifts except those which could *reasonably* >fit >inside a Christmas stocking. These could be anything, from Chinatown >trinkets to a neat set of measuring spoons to toothbrushes (always a >staple) >to chocolate-covered ginger. Socks are good too. The *reasonably* part is >that if something is a bit too big to go inside than it's allowed to hang >outside or be attached with a ribbon but it can't be TOO big. Every little >thing is wrapped in some way, the funnier the better. When our children can >make it for Christmas each of them gets only a stuffed stocking (and of >course the cats have their little socks too.) > >The unstuffing of the stockings is combined with the eating of brunch >beside >the tree, drinking (small amounts of) champagne, and finishing with cake >and >coffee so that the whole event can last close to two hours. > >I recommend it to anyone: No commercialism, no one-upsmanship, not a lot of >money involved, just people laughing, eating, sitting on the floor, >enjoying >one another. Works for us anyway. > >Ranger Rick _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
