Look how happy the kids are!
Now that Christmas is officially over, I turn my attention to next year’s Christmas.
What do I really want for Christmas?
Everything.
Not as in “All the frakkin’ stuff I could get”. More like I want everything to be fun, easy, awesome, simple, cool, joyous, relaxing, peaceful, sweet, merry.
Not that these Christmases were not all that. They were. Seriously.
But wait! (That’s for Becky)
I would absolutely love for all the Christmases to combine all those qualities all the time. I know, I know… But I can dream, can’t I?
I would love to have one giant Christmas party with all the families together instead of the 3 Christmas dinners over 4 days, followed by the 4 post Christmas lunches, followed by the afternoon visit, etc. So in order to make this possible (well, in order to put it out there) I already started proposing that for next Christmas, we rent a cottage and have a giant 2-3 day long party there with everyone from LovelyWife’s side and my side of the family. Will it work? I don’t know but I hope so.
How awesome would it be really? A nice fire in the fireplace, some hot cocoa for the kids / great wine for the adults, cooking an awesome meal all together, listening to music, relaxing…
Who’s with me?
My mom has been talking about all of us going on a trip together too so she doesn’t have to decide between Reno and Portland at Christmas. I just want less hustle and bustle in my holiday. I never get to relax until it’s over!
.-= Lisa´s last blog ..Merry Christmas =-.
I’m with ya! I don’t think I can do much about our Christmas “Phases”* as I call them… but Thansgiving was really hard this year. We had to go to four different thanksgivings and it nearly killed me! Next year I hope that I can come up with a plan to make it easier.
*Phases=
Phase 1- my cousins house (Christmas Eve Night)
Phase 2- Christmas Morning hoopla about 5am-ish
Phase 3- My mom’s (Christmas Day)
Phase 4- My Mother in Law (Christmas Day)
Phase 5- Come home Christmas Night and totally crash
.-= Janelle´s last blog ..Trust vs. Fear and a Laptop =-.
That is a GREAT plan!!!
Except I’d have to be on major drugs and completely out of it the whole time to deal with some people.
Anyway – THAT picture rocks.
.-= Sybil Law´s last blog ..I Can Be Sappy =-.
Either I haven’t paid attention in a long long time or I haven’t actually been to your blog in a long long time….really, it’s a combination of both of those….anyway – I like your new header thingy!!
Can I come to Canada for Christmas next year?
@Lisa: I completely agree with you. Maybe a cruise?
@Janelle: Yeah, that’s just crazy. One year we had three parties on the same night.
@Sybil Law: Oh, I’m on major drugs and completely out of it most of the time already.
@SheilaCSR: That’s because the new header thingy is sooooooo understated, right? And why would you wait 362 days to come to Canada?