So This Is Christmas
December 14, 2009
Dear Santa,
It is all on you this year. I eagerly anticipate your arrival with gifts. I am plum out of ideas, money, and the will to enter a mall.
Love, Chris
I did spot this little gem while out the other day. I am not yet sure which teacher will be the lucky recipient of this rhinestone encrusted Playboy goblet.
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I have not bought any Christmas presents. Zilch. Zip. Nada.
It doesn’t help that my children have no ideas of anything that they want. Which I think means that they have everything their little hearts desire. I may just put an orange in their stockings and call it a day.
My baby turned five the other day. I know! That sound you hear was my uterus hitting the floor in utter disbelief. How is it even possible?
It seems like only yesterday I looked like this. Without a head, even. It could be a photo of some other, random pregnant woman for all you know. Some woman wearing the world’s most unfashionable jeans. And a red velour shirt. In my her defense I she was pregnant and therefore can not be held accountable for my her fashion choices.
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Headless! See, we’re not so different.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:23 amAs a teacher, I have to say that I would LOVE it if a student gave me a pimp cup for Christmas. LOVE IT. Way better than some tacky apple nonsense!
December 15th, 2009 at 12:24 amNot only have I bought no presents and have no ideas, I’m living in a house full of Scrooges who can’t even be bothered with the thought of decorating the tree. No tree, no presents, I’m thinking: problem solved.
Darn teenagers - too grown up for their own good.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:35 amI hear you. I am so done with the Christmas magic thing. And my baby is 4 and a half - I can’t believe I was ever pregnant.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:57 amFrom what I know of you, you would NEVER wear jeans that color anyway. But that woman’s belly is a piece of art…
December 15th, 2009 at 2:13 amHappy Birthday Miles
Wow, I have been reading your site for 5 years - thank you for 5 years of joy, laughter and extreme dimpled cuteness ;D
Re Christmas - ditto. We just couldn’t think of what to get our kids this year, so we aren’t. They don’t need anything, are too young to actively want anything (they’re 2 & 4), and won’t notice so long as they get a stocking to open. So I am going for ‘useful’ - a torch, underwear,a book, hairclips, new lunchbox, colouring pencils… anything that can be bought online so I don’t have to shop - and avoiding plastic trash that will just get added to the other plastic trash I try so hard to keep out of the house (hello, McDonalds - I am looking at you). Good luck
December 15th, 2009 at 5:05 amIt must be something in the air; my boys didn’t really have a list either. Which I’ve decided means they can’t complain if they receive a box of Kleenex and some gym socks. Because I have no other ideas.
December 15th, 2009 at 6:58 amAh but I know it’s you - I recognize the wallpaper!
Holy cow, 5 years already? You mean he’s not still the little baby going out to hit balls in his onsie? LOL I’d say he’s the cutest boy ever, but that would mean I’d have to ignore your other 5 boys. Gorgeous, all of them.
Some of my kids don’t have any presents hidden away yet either. Same problem, no idea what they want or need, since they already have so much. And time is running out. Sigh.
Any progress on the annual photo? Still stuck here on that, too. Doesn’t help that the oldest went to Grandma’s for a week, on a whim. And therefore the cards aren’t out yet; and don’t bring up cookies. I deliberately put off the gingerbread houses until this weekend, since I wanted something of them to be left on Christmas. Why isn’t there at least another month until Christmas????
December 15th, 2009 at 7:41 amIn her defense, those WERE the fashionable choices at that time. Here’s hoping Santa comes through for you. I can so relate.
December 15th, 2009 at 9:05 amEh, just fill it with Hershey kisses and address the card to Teacher Bunny.
December 15th, 2009 at 9:20 amMy kids have been happily playing for weeks now with these little bears they got in a happy meal a few months back. . .they’ve built a whole little village out of cardboard and junk they’ve scavenged out of the recycling bin. They’ve made costumes out of tissues and tape. They have hundreds of dollars worth of toys and they’re playing with freebies and trash, and I’ve got SUCKER tatooed on my forehead.
December 15th, 2009 at 9:48 amGive the teachers the oranges, maybe with a $5 bill tucked in the wrapping or origami like for leaves… My sister is a 5th grade teacher and she is not fond of all the stuff she gets from her students each year, although she’s gracious about it. She hasn’t gotten a lovely playboy wine glass yet though.
December 15th, 2009 at 9:55 amAnd if you have one, can you post a photo of still-so-young Miles at his birthday party? He’s such a cutie….
What if, instead of lots of gifts this year, you headed to the beach for a family trip? When I was a kid, instead of lots of gifts, my parents would plan a trip instead… skiing, beach, camping… it wasn’t always extravagant but it was always lots of fun.
December 15th, 2009 at 3:58 pmPure Class.
December 15th, 2009 at 4:40 pmI have that Letters To Santa ornament, but mine is red. Good luck with Christmas. I think the Playboy Goblet would make great teacher and neighbor gifts though. ;o)
December 15th, 2009 at 5:58 pmHey, by that point in my prenancies, if it fit - it was a winner.
December 15th, 2009 at 6:15 pmWhat about your annual Christmas shopping trip with your friend? the one I have been so envious of every since you posted about it a few years ago???? How am I supposed to live vicariously through you if you are not going on a friend trip either?
December 15th, 2009 at 7:22 pmTwo thoughts: online shopping - yes there is still time - and books for the holidays. At my blog, MotherReader.com, I have put together 105 ways to pair quality books with other things to make it fun. And maybe the ideas will get you thinking of some good gifts.
December 15th, 2009 at 7:57 pmAh, a lovely playboy goblet… A gift certificte to Hooters and your gift is complete
December 16th, 2009 at 9:43 amWow is he 5 already? Time flies when you’re having fun. Happy Birthday Miles!
December 16th, 2009 at 10:58 amFor the first time in years my family does not have a Christmas list. At dinner the other night both boys were talking about how lots of families they know through school and work have parents that are laid-off and are so close to losing their houses that it’s mind-boggling. I think it’s finally sinking in that the greater majority of people in this country are struggling to maintain the basics, perhaps the reasons that many people (even kids) are overwhelmed with even the thought of shopping. My oldest, 20, works security at a big shopping mall (yes, we’ve heard all the Paul Blart mall cop jokes, but the job works into his college schedule and future career as a police officer) and he comes home just shaking his head, so many shoplifters, and tons of people that aren’t buying, just looking. The youngest, 17, knows a bunch of families that simply can’t afford anything Christmas, and are barely putting food on the table. They both stated they’re happy to have what they have and a healthy family for the holidays. I am very fortunate that the hubby has a secure job, and the budget is not an issue, that’s my Christmas gift.
December 16th, 2009 at 4:59 pmI gave shea infused socks to the teachers.
My kids are the same way. no lists no real “wants” this year. I bought clothes and some games for the xbox and a six pack of all HP movies on DVD. I’m wrapping it all and topping it with sticky shiny bows and calling it good this year.
December 16th, 2009 at 8:54 pmHappy Birthday, Miles!
December 16th, 2009 at 11:13 pmI had a third grade teacher was fired for keeping nude pictures of herself in her desk at school.
I’m thinking she would have liked the Playboy goblet.
I’ll be spending Christmas in the hospital with Parker as he recovers from yet another surgery. I plan on loving on this kid like there’s no tomorrow. Because if things don’t go as planned his tomorrows may be limited indeed.
Christmas really isn’t about the size of the pile of gifts under the tree.
As a matter of fact some of the most amazing things in the world are things you can’t even see.
Tammy and Parker
December 17th, 2009 at 1:07 amhttp://www.prayingforparker.com
my baby turned 5 too…so I had another one…Miles is super cute, I love the hair, the “preppy” hand-me-downs and the need to stick out his tongue in pictures…you are one blessed woman!
December 17th, 2009 at 9:41 amChris, I hope Santa brings you peace, quiet and a nice long sleep-in.
December 18th, 2009 at 8:56 amI have been reading you for that long!???? It has flown by!
And I know it is you because I recognize the wallpaper!!!
Happy Birthday Miles!
December 20th, 2009 at 4:11 amHappy Birthday, Miles! OMG! Can’t believe I’ve read you for that long! I miss all those cutie pics of that wee one…same age as this little wee one here screeching at me about the movie UP!
December 21st, 2009 at 8:13 pmi am SO in love with that ornament! can you really put stuff in it? where can *I* get one!?
(did the teacher like the goblet?)
Chris says: I think I got it at Target a couple years ago.
January 1st, 2010 at 7:44 pm