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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 2775887" data-attributes="member: 2205">My childhood Christmases all kind of run together.  They were all fun, but they don't really stand out.  Every year we'd get a bunch of LEGOs, and every year after we finished opening the presents, we'd go build the new LEGO sets.  Then we'd take them apart, mix all the pieces in with the older LEGOs we already had, and play LEGOs all day.I also remember when I was in sixth grade, and I got all the Lord of the Rings books from my sister.  I remember once as a teenager going on a big trip with our family and we blew a head gasket on Christmas day.  Luckily, I was too young to have to worry too much about it.Since being married, most of our Christmases have been a combination of fun and frustration.  We lived in the same town as both my parents and my in-laws, so it was always this big pain-in-the-arse juggling act to keep everyone happy.This year, nobody is coming to visit us, and we're not going anywhere (despite the fact that both my family and my in-laws are essentially having big family reunion style Christmases where we'll be the only ones not there.)  We plan on going sledding with the kids two or three times (today's 4-5 inches of snow will come in handy, if it doesn't melt off before then), watch a big Extended Lord of the Rings marathon, and hang out with just the immediate family.  Frankly, it sounds like the best Christmas I'll have had in years.And let's not forget Christmas 2005--the year Izrador gets a fancy pen.</blockquote>

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