Clive and I have what seems like a billion gifts for one another under our tree- I absolutely spoiled him this year, WAY more than I should have, and I was still shopping up until yesterday- not because he needed more stuff- but because I couldn’t stop myself because he’s SO easy to shop for.
Needless to say, this year will be much different than last year, which was our first xmas together. Shopping in the Caribbean is very difficult and very expensive, so we spent our money on going away to another island for a few days. That was very enjoyable. This year, we’re going to Clive’s parents’ house for dinner. I’m used to a slow xmas morning: relaxing and taking turns opening presents, having the whole process take hours, but this year will probably be pretty rushed, or we’ll have to wake up at 6am. Clive’s parents lives in Mississauga, and we live a two hour drive away from her. We’re going with Clive’s sister’s family (which includes a three month old and a two year old) in their minivan. I plan on passing out on gravol as soon as we get into the car (I get stupid-motion-sickness when in the very back of a van), so hopefully it’ll be a painless trek. I’ve never spent xmas with anyone else’s family before. I’m a bit bitter that I am not able to go home to spend it with MY family, but I’m sure it’ll be fun nonetheless. Clive’s sister is one HELLAFUN person to surprise, so I can’t wait for her to open up their (and their children’s) presents on Monday.
I’m glad I don’t have to cook any kind of xmas meal. We’re bringing wine and cookies and other treats, and we’re golden. Not that xmas dinner takes me a long time- most of the stuff comes in boxes and cans anyway (cranberry sauce, stuffing, pie mix etc), but I just don’t enjoy cooking. Baking is on a whole different level though. I could bake every single day.
I’m tempted to have our xmas tomorrow so that I can a) get Clive to stop asking me to open all his gifts (yesterday I had to threaten to take half of them away because he asked me five times in three minutes) and b) have xmas that way I want to: slowly.
