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Topic: Its Christmas Day (in the present or living memory) (11/27/08)
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TITLE: The Phone Call | Previous Challenge Entry
By Sheri Gordon
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No wayâŚyour parents got you the iPhone? They are soooo cool.
Me? Are you kidding? My parents are soooo lame. They gave me a fake gift certificate that my mom made out of construction paper. Itâs supposed to look like a cell phone. Itâs totally lame. They said if I want a phone thatâs more than a hundred bucks I have to pay for the rest myself. And Iâm like âwhere am I supposed to get that kind of money?â
Iâm totally serious. Dad said the drugstore where he works will be hiring in JanuaryâŚlike I really want to work there.
How was my Christmas? You mean other than not getting an iPhone? Typical Christmasâwhich isnât saying much. Mom makes me and my sisters wait in the hallway with the door closed until quote Santa is ready. Cassie always tries to look through the slats in the door to see whatâs happening, and Mandy hits her to make her stop and then Cassie starts crying and Dad tells us to stop arguing or we wonât get our Santa presents. Itâs the same thing every year.
No, really. Youâre lucky not to have to deal with any siblings.
So after Cassie stops crying, Mom takes the traditional waiting-in-the-hallway Christmas morning picture. This year I made sure to put on make-up though.
I knowâŚthat would be awful. Can you imagine if Tristan saw a picture of me with no make-up?
After the pictures we march out to our stockings at the fireplace thatâs always too hot âcause Dad builds a humongous fire.
Yes, we really do marchâŚexcept I wouldnât do it this year, which made everyone mad. My dad always says âmarch, march, march, march.â Cassie and Mandy think itâs funnyâŚI just think itâs lame.
No, Ash, it really isnât funnyâŚitâs annoying.
No, Iâm not lucky to have a fun familyâŚyouâre lucky to have an iPhone.
So anyway, after Mom takes the holding-our-matching-homemade-stockings picture, we have to empty our stockings completely and hold everything up for more pictures.
I donât even know why we botherâŚitâs always the same things inside. An orange that fills the toe of the stocking. Mom says thatâs because oranges were a treat to get at Christmas when she was a kid. Never mind that we can buy them at the grocery store all the time now. And lots of peanutsâŚthatâs just to take up space because the stockings are so big. And rolled up underwear and socks.
Yes, she makes me take them all out for pictures. And it isnât even cute underwear. These are those big, giant granny underwear things. At least they donât have butterflies or tulips on them. I put an end to that after last year.
I knowâŚhow embarrassing, huh?
Trust meâŚI wonât be wearing those to school. I wouldnât be caught dead changing into my p.e. clothes with those things on.
Oh yeah, I did get my favorite marzipan candy, too. Mom has to go to a special German store in some other town to get itâŚso I guess I should be grateful that she still does that. And she buys us each a Santa candy to stick out of the top of the stocking. Mineâs always marshmallow filled and Mandyâs is dark chocolate and Cassieâs is milk chocolate.
Youâre rightâŚmy mom can be thoughtful, I guessâŚexcept when it comes to cell phones.
Yes, my dad got us pajamas againâŚand wrapped them in his traditional sausage roll style. He even did a pajama roll for my mom this year. She said that Dad actually did the shopping by himself. I find that hard to believe, except he was grinning from ear to ear when we opened them. And he kept asking us if we liked our pajamas. Mine are really cuteâŚtheyâre light blue with polar bears, and even the right size.
Of course we all lined up for the annual pajama picture, except Dad had to take it this year since Mom was part of it.
Oops, gotta go. It sounds like theyâre back from looking at Christmas lights. Next comes hot cocoa and singing around the piano. How lame is that? I faked a stomach ache so I could get out of it all.
SureâŚI guess you can come over for a while, except my mom will probably try to get you to drink some cocoa and sing carols with them.
OhâŚwellâŚif you really want toâŚâ
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Thank you for the reminder to give thanks in all things.