Next event-Christmas! Christmas is personally my favorite holiday, I know that a lot of people think that and it's not uncommon for Christmas to be someone's favorite holiday. I just love driving around and seeing the beautiful Christmas lights everywhere, the sparkly fresh snow, Christmas music and dancing around the kitchen with your little sister, baking with your mom, seeing family that you haven't seen in at least a month, Christmas Eve service at church, celebrating Jesus's birthday with a cake and singing, hearing the Christmas story, wearing cute pajamas to bed Christmas Eve and being oh-so excited to see what you got from Santa in the morning, and of course the delicious food you eat surrounded by the people you love. Surprisingly this Christmas I didn't take a lot of pictures but I will post the ones I do have! (It didn't help that I had a cold so I didn't much energy to do anything else but the normal Christmas stuff!)
My present from one of my amazing spoon friends, Macayla. The spoon says, "I saved a spoon for you." Of course everything was pink! Getting this brightened my day so much. I can't wait to take a bath with one of the bath bombs and use my new bath pillow!
This year was the second annual "Secret Spoonie Santa" gift exchange. You sign up and you are given someone to make or buy a gift for. It's like secret santa but long distance and everyone has at least one chronic illnesses. Then you post about what you like so your Secret Santa has some idea of what to get you. I got my person a cute stuffed panda filled with rice and lavender, so that it can be used as a hot or cold pack with the benefits of aromatherapy. I also put a EOS lip balm and cute card in the package! From my "Secret Spoonie Santa", I got a Victoria's Secret gift card and this amazing card. I can't wait to find out who my person is! Last year I participated and got a small zebra heating pad that is perfect for when my endo is flaring!
This was my amazing present for my Best Friend, Kaylee. I have a slight obsession with Lush and pink, so she got me the "Little Snow Fairy" gift that had Snow Fairy shower gel and Pink Fun. They both smell like bubblegum and candy!
Sabrina, my mom, and I went to get our "Christmas nails" on December 23rd. Mom got red nails with gold sparkles. Sabrina got green and red nails with a Christmas tree on the big toe. I got pink/red nails with a snowflake on the big toe.
My Christmas gift from my other best friend, Melanie, was maple sugar candies (my favorite), a Rudolph spatula, and a customized apron! I, of course, used it to help cook/bake for Christmas Eve and Christmas.
Here is the gluten and dairy free cake that I made for Jesus's birthday!
I don't have any pictures from gift opening, but I'll tell you how it went. On Christmas Eve, after the church service and dinner at our house, my immediate family opened all of our presents (besides Santa). Jake, my older brother, went to Dollar General a few hours earlier and got everyone's presents there and "wrapped" a.k.a. put them in a garbage bag, which actually came in hand earlier when cleaning everything up. I got some heat pain patches, two bottles of sparking cider, and One Direction trading cards from him. I planned a little better and got everyone's presents on Black Friday. I got my little sister, Sabrina, sparkly perfume from Victoria's Secret and cute cupcake pajamas from Target. I got my younger brother, Teme, Green Bay Packer sweatpants from Scheels. I got my other younger "brother", Hassan, a string sports bag from Dick's Sporting Goods. I got Jake the movie Fargo, the newest season of Big Bang Theory, and a funny Christmas cat shirt from Target. I got my mom a sleep shirt from Victoria's Secret. Lastly, I got my dad a nice pullover sweater from Scheels. I got a bunch of things from Victoria's Secret and a book from my parents. In the morning, we woke up and opened our presents and stocking from Santa! I got a new pink, sparkly phone case and a label maker!!! (which I have been enjoying tremendously) Then we headed over to my grandparents house to open our gifts from them and the aunts and uncles. I got one of my favorite perfumes from Victoria's Secret (Tease), a gift set from VS, and a book from my grandparents. Then I got some Lush bath bombs and a body scrub from my Aunt and cousin! After presents, we had Christmas Day brunch and just hung out with each other. It was a great Christmas!
I hope all of you had a great Christmas and enjoyed spending time with your family!
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