My Christmas loot.

I'll go ahead and say this right now: This was a good Christmas.

My first Christmas where I actually had to come home from school, my first Christmas in our new house (Is it really that new? It feels much older), and a lot of other things that just made it spectacular.

Last night, for instance. I went over to the Davis household for a delightful dinner with some cool people (And Emily was there, too) and had a wonderful time being moderately social. Did I use enough descriptive terms in that sentence?

After that, we went to my Grandmother's house for some hot wassail (My favourite Christmas tradition) and our tradition reading of "The Night Before Christmas" and Luke 2:1-20 and then lighting the candles on the tree. With Uncle Mike there, it was very enjoyable. :)

And then the Christmas Eve service at 11:00. I showed up at 9:30 because I was playing trombone there and I needed to rehearse with the choir before-hand. I met this girl named Mary (A fitting name for Christmas) and she was singing with the choir that evening. I played the 6 songs in total for the service:
Two variations of "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice"
"Riu Riu Chiu"
"O Holy Night"
"O Come, All Ye Faithful"
and "Away in a Manger"

Overall, I did pretty well. I kind of botched "Away in a Manger" because it was right after Communion and goddamn, that wine dries up your mouth. Other than that, though, it went well. Oh, and I got paid $100 for my services (Which was an unexpected gift).

After the service, Mary and I went to go get some food at IHOP because both of us were hungry. We saw Mr. Starling there, along with his wife and (What I assume are) some friends. I talked to him for a bit, and he mistook Mary for my girlfriend (AWKWARD).
>.<
But, it was still neat.

So then I took Mary home and then went home and slept. I woke up dreadfully early this morning, but it's okay because it's CHRISTMAS. So I woke up my parents and sister at the bright hour of 7:30, and we began our festivities.

Here is all my Christmas loot:










And, in case the picture quality is bad, here is a list of everything I've received thus far:

Edibles:
-A box of Pizza Rolls
-3 boxes of Hot Pockets
-Marshmallows
-Hot Chocolate
-A shit-ton of chocolate (Not pictured)
-Satsumas (Not pictured)
-Assorted nuts (Not Pictured)

Stocking Stuffers:
-$35 worth of iTunes cards
-$50 Best Buy gift card
-Tic-Tacs
-A comb
-A toothbrush
-Carmex
-Dentine Ice gum
-A Mario Kart PEZ-style dispenser
-2 bags of Pop Rocks
-Air Heads Xtreme Sweetly Sour Belts
-2 Pokemon Pencils (Featuring Chimchar and Piplup)
-Trolli Sour Gummy Worms

Actual Presents:
-A microphone
-"The Ultimate Nap Kit"
-"The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks"
-"Roger von Oech's Ball of Whacks"
-A black dress shirt
-A T-shirt with the image of a trombone and the caption "WWJP? What would Jesus Play?"
-A T-shirt that says "Haikus are easy/But sometimes they don't make sense/Refrigerator"
-A Trombone (Not yet, actually, just the promise that I'm getting one)

Actually, on that note, I'd like to talk about my potential trombone for a bit. It's going to be a Shire, which is a great brand. But that also means it's going to cost close to $4,000...
But it's a great horn, and I'm excited! We're going to go up to Birmingham sometime soon and get one custom-made. :D


Oh, and I'm also excited because I have enough money (I'm fairly sure) to buy myself a 360! So yes, this has been a great Christmas.
We're going to my Grandparent's house again this evening for Christmas Dinner and more presents.

Happy Christmas to all of my readers. :)


-David