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January 06, 2007
And on the 12th day of Christmas...
I took down the tree.
While I was putting all or decorations away my cousin and I were trying to remember all the words to that crazy song. We spent 20 minutes arguing over if it was 11 or 12 freakin' lords a leapin'. Finally we called on wikipedia to settle it and discovered that we had both totally forgotten the pipers piping! After that I thought I'd put together a Post-Christmas post. I found this while searching for images. We have the same exact tree but my cousin's cat is far too nervous to help with the decorating :)
Well, it's Jan 6th. Christmas is now officially over, at least as far as my family is concerned. Today is Three Kings Day and when I was a kid this used to mean that today my cousin and I would get letters from our moms along with one final gift. The gift was usually something small, like a Whitman's sampler or a glass animal. I used to collect cows for some reason and well into her senior year of high school my cousin had a thing for unicorns so we got a lot of those (yeh, I know, we were dorky kids). In recent years my aunt pretty much only sends gift cards or a little spending money inscribed with "get yourself something silly" or "buy some ice cream". After we receive this final item the Christmas season, with all the stress, strain, arguments, over spending and sugarplum ferries, officially comes to a close. This year there was too much going on for my aunt to even send out Christmas cards, so I doubt we will get a Three Kings card but that's OK. I'm just happy we're all still here.
Hope everyone survived and even managed to have a good time with fam and friends this Christmas! I am trying to be good, to stay on my budget and remember all the things I already have in my life to be grateful for. Here's to a happy, healthy '07!
Posted by lk at January 6, 2007 10:33 AM
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The cats with the tree was hilarious. I took down the tree today and one of the cats was very sad. She sleeps under it the whole time it's up and she knocks ornaments off as much as possible.
Also, a friend gave me the Charlie Brown tree this year and it was a great addition to the decorations.
I hope that 2007 is a great year for you, Lisa. You deserve it! One of my resolutions is to keep in better touch with you this year. :)
Posted by: Kelly at January 6, 2007 07:47 PM