Friday, December 28, 2007

Merrylicious Festivatal Celebrationism

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas to you all!

(Note: that is much harder to type than to say!)

Well the big day has gone, but it's time I blogged about the fun filled malarky that comprises Christmas. The leadup to Christmas did naturally involve some pannicked shopping, running around the streets of Chester, but thankfully I got pretty much all of it done in two sessions, no wait, three. One gift was for a secret santa for the young people's group at my church. I bought a novelty pen that was about a foot long and still worked!!

My novelty present was very novel indeed. When desperately trying to think of ideas for what people could buy me I jokingly suggested that I could do with a green elephant along with a supply of green jelly babies with which to feed it. And sure enough when i openbed the wrapping of my gift I found a green elephant model (hand crafted) and a pack of jelly babies which rather made my day!! I'll post pictures when I get more batteries for my camera.

I actually found myself in a rather odd, unusually charitable state of mind when I was actually just as excited about other people's reactions to their gifts as I was about recieving mine. I don't know whether that means I'm unusually noble or whether I'm getting more apathetic about what I want, but nonetheless it made the day more cheerful. A factor in this is that I have a longstanding tradition of disguising present which makes it more fun. So a DVD was encased in a chocolates tin, complete with scrunched up paper to fool anyone who tried to shake it etc.

I got some good swag myself, I got a donut maker which I've tried out much to my satisfaction and a mountain of sweets with some DVDs and books thrown in. The amount of food was somewhat disturbing so I guess people think I'm a big eater, but my sister got tonnes of perfume and the like so I guess everyone thinks she smells, which is a small consolation.

I've enjoyed some good Christmas telly, notably the Doctor Who and Extras Christmas specials which were excellent and trips to the cinema to see Enchanted and I Am Legend, both of which were top class of their respective genres.

Well that's enough for now I think, see you soon

Word of the post: Vanquished tr.v.
    1. To defeat or conquer in battle; subjugate.
    2. To defeat in a contest, conflict, or competition.

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