The big guy in the red suit certainly looked after everyone this year and now we just have to deal with the instant land fill that seems to have accumulated in the living areas of the house.
Its always interesting in the lead up to the big day to hear what it is that the kids are going to be asking for.
Sam either came up with a new strategy this year, or actually was so adamant that he only asked for a single item ... a digital camera. He did manage to get a few other things of course, but the look on his face when he managed to get one was priceless. He's been snapping anything and everything ever since and probably the only thing saving this computer from having its memory filled with pictures of randomness is the limited memory card that he currently has. But that won't last long.
Michael was similarly targeted in his desires, but wanted a little more than Sam. Thomas just wanted surprises and was lucky to be able to enunciate that much with the excitement level pushing him to bursting point. For the last couple of days prior to Christmas, he kept breaking out in random, loud bursts of uncontained excitement. I don't know how else to describe it.
When his head hit the pillow on Christmas Eve, after opening their presents, he was asleep in 5 seconds! What bliss.
And then of course, there was Emily. Every time that she was asked what she wanted for Christmas by someone, there was one consistent response ... "A candy cane." It was beautiful.
And then of course, following a moment of further consideration, she'd add (in random order) "A Pony, a dog and a kitten." Of course, being the first girl in the house, she was spoilt as there were dolls and things to get that couldn't be inherited from the three brothers that preceded you!
All in all, Christmas was wonderful this year, with the only shadow being the uncertainty about Canada. But I even managed to forget about that briefly!
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