I don't want to talk about last year, I have already covered that in a previous post.
Christmas Eve.
The day I Married Vicky, I gained four!!, neices and nephews. It was decided that we would go to my Sister in Laws house around 7am and let the kids open their presents from us. We all went in our pajamas, and of course, I wore my NUFC dressing gown, and black and white Christmas hat.
We ate pancakes, and there was a chocolate Birthday cake for me too!
It was a lot of fun, watching the kids open their presents. Highlights for me were watching the eldest Nephew open his Zombie console game (Dead Island), he was nearly screaming haha, and I 'helped' the younger boy build his lego Harry Potter train set. I only put together a couple of pieces, but I SO wanted to build it myself.
At one point he had to take the dog out (they have a pug), and I could have finished building it, but I took a step back.
Afterwards we all watched A Christmas Story (1983). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/
At the end of the movie, the family go out for a Chinese meal, and this is exactly what we all did as well.
The food was like a chinese restaurant back in England, except the 'doggy' bags were the cardboard tubs like I have seen on Roseanne. I of course finished mine.
Christmas Day!
I didn't set any alarm, but as always, the dog wanted to go outside, so I was up around half six. Mom woke around the same time and put on some Christmas music. I went back to bed, but it didn't last long. Mom decided to wake my Wife and I up by turning on our bedroom light! Reluctantly we got up.
Vicky and I had initially talked about a 'limit' for spending on each other. This was ignored by both of us.
I wanted Vicky to open her presents in a certain order, and Mom was very interested in a particular present I had bought her. One of my Wifes 'big' presents (they were all big and wonderful really) was a Kindle. Mom was eager to know when I was giving this to Vicky. Mom was being secretive about it, and I assumed that she had bought her a cover for it.
I was mistaken, and very wrong. Mom handed me a present from my Wife, and opening them together, I found I had received a Kindle too! This was a huge shock, I had no idea!
As many of you will know, Vicky is a huge fan of the ship Titanic. I always try and get her something Titanic related. This year I bought her Titanic-Monopoly, and yes, one of the pieces is the iceberg!, and a book called, The Other Side of the Night, an account from the other ships involved the the night the ship sank. I can not take credit for it though. I found it on her Amazon wish list.
As well as the Kindle, I received an awesome Calvin Klein shirt from Mom, a Christmas ornament with a picture of Me and the dog!
I am sorry to go on about the presents that day, Christmas should not be about what gifts we give or receive.
But I think we all did very well this year. Other favourites were more Ringtons teabags and Mars Bars!
Mom bought Vicky and I a joint gift. Opening it up, it was a stained-glass sun catcher ornament. All the way from Durham Cathedral! But Mom had bought this from her recent trip to Chicago. Amazing.
When Vicky visited me in February this year, we spent the day in Durham, and Loved the Cathedral.
For months I have wanted to buy The Walking Dead tv show and the Harry Potter box set, but I was very good and held off buying them. Just as well, as I received them both for Christmas.
For breakfast, we ate my suggested english family tradition of bacon sandwiches and Bucks Fizz. This went down very well!
The afternoon we watched the first Jurassic Park on blu-ray, and then the final Harry Potter film.
I was very pleased that Jurassic Park was just as good as the first time I saw it. The film is nearly 20 years old, and the computer effects of the dinosaurs still hold up today.
I have pictures from the holidays, but I'll edit these in later, or give them their own post.
