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So what? We might have freaked out a little bit on Christmas Eve day because we were pretty “over” the whole holiday thing. I say we were over because we were contemplating hiding in the basement or attic by candlelight to not acknowledge to anyone that we were home or existed.

Yeah, the holidays are a bit stressful and I can’t blame anyone else who also wants to hide during them. This year we got a tree on December 3rd and decorated it on the 10th with some friends. It was fun to decorate and fun to have this thing that looked like a piece of art in our living room, but at the same time, I’m not going to miss sweeping up the pine needles and vacuuming them once I’m done sweeping.

As much fan as it was, I’m also glad that the fighting the emotions of making Amber didn’t open any gifts to “ruin” Hanukkah or Christmas (I might have said that to make sure she didn’t open anything, but let’s be honest- one open gift isn’t going to ruin a holiday. It’s not about the gifts anyway.) This is how I feel after the holidays are over, not before. If I felt that way before I’d be knee deep in debt and Amber would be knee deep in earrings.

Now our living room goes back to normal, there’s no tree inside the house, no candles to light every night unless we get super religious and even then it’s only twice a week. There isn’t even that much cleaning to do anymore.

I remember the gifts I got Amber a little better than what I’ve received because of the amount of thought (and hiding) I put into them.

Canon Powershot S2 IS, The Little Mermaid DVD, The Fox and the Hound DVD, Crayola 96 pack of crayons, three coloring books - one optical illusions, one patterns and one 17th century clothing, A PEZ necklace (it’s silver, not candy), a personalized bracelet, Curly Girl, a subscription to Real Simple magazine, a snowman cake plate and one awesome apron.

Goodbye Christmas and Hanukkah, until next year anyway.

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