We spent Christmas Eve at Mama's house. We were missing Kelli and her crew as well as Boo. So it was quieter than usual without the pitter patter of small feet. My mother absolutely loves Christmas and her decorations attest to that fact.
After the initial gifts are exchanged, the adults have their Chinese Christmas. There were eleven of us this year. Its best to have a partner in crime if you really want a particular gift. Let me see if I can explain this properly. Papa first opened a hand mixer. Mama passed on that and opened a set of flashlights. I didn't want either of their gifts so I opened a 5-piece casserole dish set. (My sister-in-law gave me a heads up on what it was and said I'd probably like it.) Memaw liked the casserole dish set and took it away from me. I then opened a 3-piece bowl set. Sam knew I wanted the casserole set and took it away from Memaw. Memaw then took away the bowl set from me. Rather than go to the pile of presents, I took Papa's hand mixer away from him. (Kris really wanted it for when she moves into her apartment.) Papa ended up with a thermos set. Kris' turn was next and she opened a crock pot. And so the cycle went. No one else latched on to someone else's gift so the remainder of the players kept what they opened. At the end of the night, Sam told me that he would swap me the casserole dish set for the hand mixer.
Oh, and I played the worse game of Farkle ever! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
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