Is not so frightful, actually.

[mrissa]

Some of the awesome things I get to give people for Christmas arrived today, in two little boxes and one big box. (So far. We've seen USPS and FedEx; there's still a possibility of Ista's mortal enemy, the UPS dude. Ooooh, she hates him so much.) I am filled with squee, because this stuff is so cool, and every last bit of it will be a surprise.

I also feel like the list of things I did not buy for my godson for Christmas ought to earn me some points somewhere. Child-sized crossbow! Child-sized bagpipes! Laser-guided scissors! I have seen all of these things, and within my budget, too. But did I buy them for Robin? I did not. Because I love his mother and dad, is why.

Also there is pepparkakor dough chilling in the fridge. Mmmmm. Pepparkakor.

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[reveritas.livejournal.com]

i'm going xmas card shopping today in The City.

i have something to say about the christmas spirit being primarily disseminated through television. maybe i'll write it down when i get home.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Not mine. Mine is primarily disseminated through ginger, cloves, and molasses.

[reveritas.livejournal.com]

i didn't go christmas card shopping or any other kind of shopping. instead, i fell over. not literally.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Not literally is a start, at least.

Good luck getting to not figuratively either tomorrow.

[the_rck]

::laughs:: My husband commented on some of his brother's gifts to our daughter that he had previously thought that his brother liked us. The amazing thing is my brother-in-law has a daughter not quite a year younger than mine. He's begging for retaliation. Really.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Heh. We don't have a kid yet, but I have full confidence in porphyrin's memory, should we try something foolhardy like giving Robin a child-sized crossbow.

[porphyrin.livejournal.com]

One phrase: One-Man Band Kit.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

See, this is why my faith in you is not misplaced.

[brooksmoses]

suzimoses has decided with her younger brother's kids that aunthood is merely continuation of childhood sibling-torment by additional means.

[crimini.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! :D

And I'm probably going to be engaging in holiday baking with the kiddo once winter break comes in two weeks.

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

::loffs the Marissa::

I am laughing so hard at this. Points indeed. *g*

[summers-place.livejournal.com]

Pepparkakor! Thank you; I am now taking that as a sign of what to make for my English class for our end-of-semester party Thursday. It had been on my mind to do this anyway, but now the plan is confirmed. :-)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Can hardly go wrong with pepparkakor!

[papersky.livejournal.com]

That made me laugh out loud.

My ex-parents-in-law gave Z a kazoo when rysmiel and I got married.

[summers-place.livejournal.com]

I swear, I got that as "kangaroo" on the first read!

[papersky.livejournal.com]

That would have been quieter.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

A child-sized crossbow. Man, I'd love to see that catalog.

Now, of course, I am hungry for pepparkakor.

[timprov.livejournal.com]

This is they (http://www.wondermentshop.com/istar.asp?tfile=homepage.template).

ETS: Crossbow (http://www.wondermentshop.com/istar.asp?a=6&id=W70!FANTA).

[missista.livejournal.com]

The UPS Monkey Did Come! I Was So Mad.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

You scared him off, fierce beastlet.

[careswen.livejournal.com]

When mmerriam's kids were little, we often gave them noisy toys. On purpose.