Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Christmas

Christmas is one month from today. I'm spending a lot of time "worrying" about it this year. It's not a bad year, it's just an anxious, I need to hurry up and get my shopping done, sort of worry. See, we have extra people for Christmas this year. Our daughter and her boyfriend are coming out for Christmas, for two and a half weeks. I've only been around her a few times, but have a pretty good idea of what she likes. I've never met her boyfriend. It's difficult to not only buy presents for someone you've never met, but never even talked to. And then I put myself in his shoes: he's spending a HUGE holiday with people he doesn't know, in a house he's not familiar with. What a jump for him, too. I know it will all work out "fine" for Christmas, but I want it to be more than that. I want them to really enjoy themselves while they're here. This is the girl's first Christmas with her dad since she was about 5 years old. This is really a big deal. Without making myself insane over it, I'm going to make this is as funfilled as possible. I do wish that we weren't travelling across the state to spend the 24th - 26th with my husband's family, because I don't think anything would be better than our little family being able to wake up Christmas morning in our own house, with stockings and presents from Santa. Maybe there will be snow on the Pass.