Merry Christmas

Joyeux Noel
Froehliche Weihnachten
Buone Feste Natalizie
Feliz Navidad
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Different ways to say: Happy Birthday, Jesus!

I guess I'll write a post at the end of the day about how my Christmas went, but on this one I want to share what went down Christmas Eve! 12/24/2009 was by far the most spontaneous, fun and adventurous Eve ever. For me, it all started when Lucy texted me in the morning saying 'I'm coming over with the brownie mix.' I didn't know whether to take her seriously or not, but I decided to clean my house (something I never ever do). Christine suggested taking the Metro to my house (LOL), but I guess Lucy freaked out like crazy. Well, luck was on our side this merry merry day; Lucy's mom was able to drop Lucy and Christine off at my house and save them the trouble/hysteria. When they come over, we ate and ate and ate. My spaghetti wasn't as good as I hoped (not enough ingredients >:( ), but we had cake and tangerines! After leaving people video comments on facebook, we went upstairs and had real talk. I realized I was the blindest and most naive one of that group, sigh. Bitter epiphany, I guess? Time for some accurate, constantly analyzing, smart brain action.

Anyway, at around six we decided to get out of my house. We weren't entirely sure on what to do, but NRB thwarted the other options (hehe). It felt so good to just sing, carefree about everything else. It was so fun that we ended up staying for two hours, when we had originally planned to stay for one hour.

Spending Christmas Eve with Lucy and Christine made me realize what the 'Christmas Spirit' is all about. It's not about writing cute letters to Santa, or exchanging Christmas presents (although I miss both of the above traditions). It's about spending time with your family, friends, people you love, and never forgetting the real reason for the love and the joy of this season.