Looks like I survived the Christmas Eve dinner/party with all the relatives as well as Christmas with RV and his family. His mom has a lot of sisters, and they each have a bunch of kids, so it was a nice big family gathering. We did the whole White Elephant gift exchange, and I ended up with these two silly ornaments. I don’t even have a tree! I guess it’s time to put up a mini one and start the collection going…
I gifted RV with an Apple iPhone. Yeah, he’s one of those guys now. Actually, he’d been wanting one for awhile, and I was curious about the hype. Folks, they’re pretty darned useful. At least some of the applications are. I’m tempted to getting one for myself if the rates aren’t so bad, but for the time being, I’m going to use RV’s. But we went into the AT&T store on Christmas Eve to get the phone. It wasn’t activated until later in the evening, so before he knew what was happening, I grabbed the phone, threw it back into the box and wrapped it up. Talk about a test of patience. Luckily, it wasn’t yet activated, or he’d probably have thrown a fit.
On Christmas morning, the kids were awake before the parents. Didn’t do much though since there weren’t a lot of presents to be opened. By the time we went outside for some fresh air, it was probably 4pm. It had been stormy off and on. RV and I found a local hookah shop/lounge that was open, so we checked it out before Christmas dinner with the family. Yes, we shared a piña colada-flavored hookah for Christmas. How totally random! After Christmas dinner of prime rib, asparagus, and mashed potatoes, we went for a drive to the beach.
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They did a White Elephant gift exchange at our work company party. I wasn’t there, but the gift of the night was a Bill Clinton corkscrew, with the screw between his legs. I think the legs act as the levers to pull the cork out.
I would have just given Fleet Enemas. Someone handed those out as gag gifts in high school and I’ve wanted a reason to send them out ever since.
Okay, seriously, not really.
I can’t even imagine buying them.
I had a long comment here that failed to get through. Here’s the short version…
They did White Elephant at work party. First time I heard. Was not there. Bill Clinton corkscrew with screw btwn legs. I would have given enemas.