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Tossing Christmas Presents Out the Car Window

My blog was mentioned more than once during my families' get together at Christmas- Apparently the word is spreading- I now have more than 3 faithful readers- So creating a fictional story regarding Christmas might not go over so well (did you know some of my family members are GULLIBLE? cheers Matt)

I do have a Christmas story to share- I remember having a conversation with an old co-worker this last summer- It started out when we were talking about taking vacations- She loves Christmas so much that she takes her vacation the week before Christmas- She loves to shop and decorate and wrap and sing and decorate and shop and blah, blah, blah, blah- She LOVES that particular holiday and I as you might not know, I am NOT the biggest fan- I was telling her how my family has a tradition of making HOMEMADE gifts- And then she told me a very funny story- She has an aunt who likes to make homemade gifts too- No, they don't have the same tradition as my family- Her aunt is very CRAFTY- One Christmas she received some HOMEMADE gifts that were tackier than anything you would find at a dollar store- For example: a piece of wood that was cut out and looked like an award plaque- It was painted white and then some hideous flowers were painted on it- Or 6 soup cans painted in the colors of the rainbow and then nailed to a piece of wood- ( I am guessing flower vases, pen holder??) The funny part was when my old co-worker was on her way home from her aunt's house- She asked her parents to stop the car and she rolled down her window and flung the crappy CRAFTY homemade gifts out the car window like frisbees- Perfectly lovely HOMEMADE Christmas gifts sitting in an soybean field in the middle of Texas- The next year her parents joined in with her and they all flung their Christmas gifts out the car windows

posted by Ms SaraTee @ 6:35 PM