Ah, Christmas! That most looked-forward-to time of the year! Presents! Togetherness! New fanfics, all sappy and romantic! It's a time of miracles! Why, just yesterday, my store I work at was pretty quiet! *collective gasp* Miracles indeed! And then, Christmas is here! You open all the wonderful presents, and then go to visit relatives. Then, you remember why you always hide in a corner. The madness! Grandma trying to get you to eat eat eat! 'No, that's okay grandma, I'm full, really.' And if your me, you will be sentenced to wash dishes, cause at home they can't make me do anything, and I guess they get a big kick out of watching me wash dishes in misery (my most hated chore), taking pictures and making comments such as "WOW! Tara's actually doing dishes! It's a miracle!" and there's NOTHING I can do about it cause you can't argue with aunts and grandparents and the like, especially not on Christmas. Then, after the cruelty ends, I hide in the corner with my new cds and a book, and read the entire thing. Then I wonder, why do I look forward to Christmas at all? *thinks* Oh! I remember! Cause, you get presents and there's this nice happy mood for the rest of the day! (except during the dishes sentence) In any case, I'm back home now, and have decided to list what everyone got for Christmas. Not my family, what they got is boring, and what my friends got is still a mystery at this point. It's what I got and what everyone who matters got!

Me: A new black coat (badly needed, I've been borrowing Genova's since October), 3 nice sweaters and a pair of dress pants, a couple Chicken Soup books, various Jessica McClintock products (a perfume manufacturer), the Clapper (apparently I leave my bedroom lights on too often), the usual apple, orange, and ornament, silver jewelry, 2 headbands, 2 pair of gloves, a scarf, and shoes which are the right size but much too narrow (I'm not exactly the kind of girl who wears high heels all her life). I got olives (love those) and the new U2 cd from Lita, I went with Alex to Comic Relief (our local anime store) where he bought me everything I wanted, and a U2 cd and blank cds from Genova. Got $50 from grandma and homemade peanut-brittle, mmmm! Moby's new album, Play, from my cool brother. My evil brother got me nothing, even though I got him something *grr*.

Heero: A large, red bowtie (Wufei has a strange sense of humor...), a cd containing various remixes of the barking dog song (from Duo... apparently he doesn't do a good enough job of annoying him by himself), hair gel (from Trowa... don't ask o.O ), and a private jet (from Quatre, cause he can afford it... much like I can afford nice gifts for my friends). Later on, after everyone went to bed, he got a much better present from Duo, as a result of what Heero got him.
Duo: Duct-tape (from Wufei, 'To shut you up!' as he put it), a book called "101 Ways to a Great Braid" (from Trowa), a new red viper from Quatre (which almost made him as happy as Heero's gift which was...) an engagement ring (sappy, I know, but I'm not lying here! That's what he really got)
Quatre: A tea set from Wufei (I think he's got some serious issues), a gun from Heero (he's not too creative, his mind is destruction oriented, ya know...), a new violin from Duo (probably stolen...), and a puppy from Trowa (Awwwwww!)
Trowa: A gun from Heero (of course), one of those little lions that roars and does back-flips from Duo, the book "Chicken Soup for the Lion Tamer's Soul" from Wufei (the weirdness continues), and a card from Quatre... we can only guess what it said, but it made Trowa smile and they went to bed early...
Wufei: The book "Chill Out: It's Not All About Justice" from Duo, a gun (what else) from Heero, several scary-looking attachments for Nataku from Quatre, and a normal jeans-and-t-shirt outfit from Trowa (we have yet to discover if he will ever wear it).

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!


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