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December 04, 2004
early christmas things
yes i know it's a bit early but the christmas tree is already up in the living room. it's a real tree, although small, only waist high for me, and it spreads a wonderful pine scent around the room. the lights and the tree against the red wall gives the room a cozy, winter holiday atmosphere.
i don't celebrate christmas in its religious context, just for fun. i like the christmas service they give at church, the choirs sing their best, and the gift-giving part is something i really enjoy. i like to make presents: homemade cookies, a compilation CD, olive oil whose olives i harvested myself in spain.
when i was younger, my parents and i used to exchange presents at christmas. i think this was because my parents didn't want my sister and i to feel left out when we returned to school and the other kids were showing off their presents.
at work this week, we got our chocolate letters from sinterklaas. i got the letter "S" and since tradition dictates that we get a chocolate letter of our first initial, i thought sinterklaas was implying that i was short.
i frantically began to list down all adjectives beginning with "s": sexy, stylish, silly, strong, smiley. *doh* then i realised "s" is for sinterklaas. anyway the chocolate letter was very very yummy.
another thing that made me happy was a little present from ian. yay! he got me the lost in tranlation DVD. i did a sneaky thing which was watch the movie after dinner and then placed it back in the box and gift wrap, and left it under the tree. now i can go and take that item off my amazon wishlist.
have a good weekend everyone.
Posted by Yasmina at December 4, 2004 12:04 AM
Comments
wow, that S looks like a really big piece of choccie!
yasmina says: yes it was big and now it's all gone, hahaha, muahahahaha *laughing in the style of doctor evil*
Posted by: maureen at December 4, 2004 05:26 AM
Nah...german guy thinks I suck and I freaked out a little bit. I'm ok now...I guess.
Posted by: Nana at December 7, 2004 07:04 AM
tukeran kado natal yuk ama gw hehehe :-)
yasmina says: kirimin gue pempek dan bandeng presto dan wingko babat yah... ;)
Posted by: irene at December 7, 2004 08:52 AM
Aaaawwww...you celebrate Christmas with your family for fun? How nice! I guess that's a perk of growing up abroad. My parents aren't devout Muslims, but they get stung whenever I buy a Christmas thing just for lucu-lucuan, you know...
Posted by: Nana at December 8, 2004 01:35 AM
