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Everyone survive Christmas? I did, although sometimes it was tough. In the end, a good time was had by all, sometimes by the addition of a lot of booze.

I was spoiled rotten this year. In addition to money and gift cards, there was a copy of Cataclysm for my additional account and WoW mugs from Pet, lots of fabulous peppermint bath products, fuzzy socks, tea, Sims stuff packs, candy, Nerf Guns and DVDs.

And, Pet’s parents decided to come for Christmas, and Pet’s mom brought prime rib and a lovely fizzy wine that’s reminiscent of apple juice. We had ham, mashed potatoes, asparagus, lava cake, and make other things, and lots of alcohol. I wasn’t a heavy imbiber, but everyone who wanted something found something.

I’m really not one of those folks that has a lot of holiday spirit. I never really have about any holiday except Halloween. I love Halloween, the costumes, the candy, the fact it’s the only sabbat I can usually get off my ass and do a ritual for, but Halloween is my thing. Christmas? Not so much.

My grandmother loves Christmas, she has 12-14 boxes of Christmas decorations in the garage, and the elf with the chimes, and old world Santa, and the lights in the kitchen end up staying in the house permanently. She loves Christmas, and it shows. Me? I love the lights and buying people stuff, but that’s it. As I’m not a Christian, the whole “Jesus is born” doesn’t really apply, and hell, many historians claim he was born in the spring anyway. Yule is a good sabbat, but I’m such a half assed pagan that I perform rituals once a year or less.

I know it’s quite a bit after Thanksgiving, but this is just a short post to say I survived. My Cousin of awesome +7 came down, and we had dinner at Nonny’s house. That prompted a lot of stress, but we managed in the end. I did, however, learn two very important things this Thanksgiving:

1. Sailor Jerry is a fabulous rum