Nilly! Did you get the email I sent you last week? (Not much actual content in it. Mostly just: Look! Fun comic! [link] )

mac and I went to my brothers for a Eve party and had a nice time wherein he mostly watched videos in one room and I got to talk to grown-ups and have some alcohol. YAY!. Now he is crashed in my bed and the presents have all been brought out and put under the tree. My Christmas Eve miracle is that the elevator was still going to the basement at 11:55 even though it is supposed to be locked by 9pm. This allowed me to get the presents from Grandma and Granddad. YAY! I think I should set up the coffee pot to come on automatically around 7 and then get myself to bed.

Happy Chrismakah to all!

So, we opened presents tonight because the DH was very antsy that we do so. Usually, he insists we wait until Xmas morning and that we do it "right,", which is funny since he's the Jew in the family. Our BiL is visiting, along with our friend Ed who comes out from NYC for a week every year.

A few months ago I got a troll doll which I put on a shelf in the kitchen. Well, there were about a dozen beautifully-wrapped boxes for me from Jason. He kept handing them to me with great drama, and I would open them, and ALL of them were full of troll dolls. All kinds, all ugly, all with the delightful hair which so mesmerized me when I was seven. I kept opening boxes and pulling out trolls and it was the funniest thing ever. I now own about 80 trolls.

The last one he handed me had a tiny box at the bottom, and in it was a beautiful engagement ring! Since our actual engagement was only three days long due to the whole eloping thing, all I have is a plain gold band. He got me a lovely ring which looks a lot like this: [link] but with champagne diamonds. So pretty and so thoughtful and a total amazing surprise.

Tomorrow is movie day.

Suzi, does your Persian family celebrate Yalda?

My sister and BiL made it fine. All the gifts are under the tree, the kids are asleep and I'm double checking my ham glaze recipe for tomorrow.

Happy Holidays, Buffistae. You rock and I'm thankful for each and every one of you.

Cash - no. About the only Persian thing we celebrate is Nou Rooz - Persian New Year (aka, first day of spring). After looking Yalda up on wiki, I'm going to have to ask my dad about it.

I had a Persian friend wish me a Happy Yalda so I just wondered. It's interesting. I like Persian holidays.

So tired. I need to sleep before the big day tomorrow. Recipes bookmarked.

Scrappy, that's so wonderful! I'm thrilled for you.

Have good company, good food, and in general, simply good things, regardless of any religion or lack thereof, OK?

I love Nilly so much. This is the perfect sentiment.

We're having an okay holiday here, except I'm sick and my brother's wife is stuck in Chicago because their dog needed emergency surgery: he ate a beach ball. So now she's home alone and my brother can't even get a flight back to spend the holiday with his wife because the weather's so bad. Poor guy; I feel really bad for him. And her. And their dog.

In better news, we're gonna have a kickass dinner tomorrow.

I was hoping to read some of the Yuletide stories before I went to bed, but it looks like the search functions aren't open on the archive yet. Ah, well.

Merry Christmas, for those who celebrate!

And Happies all around!

I, of course, have woken up extra early, but then I fell asleep around 10 PM. So I might as well start my day anyway....