Day 16 Christmas Coffee

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So it's really easy to please me because all I want for Christmas is COFFEE!  I usually drink coffee only in the mornings and will risk one in the afternoon, if I am out and about.  

I find that coffee does keep me awake at nights, sometimes.  But if I'm dead tired, I sleep no matter how much caffeine I have ingested.  

So, yeah, coffee is all I want for Christmas.  Easy peasy, y'all!

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Day 11 Christmas Wine

There was a year when I was so busy or lazy or whatever you want to call it that I decided wine was the way to go.  It was a simple and quick decision especially when time and ideas were running out. 

I hardly buy too many gifts nowadays.  But maybe this year, I'll be different and surprise some family and friends!  

What's that joke about white and red again?  

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Christmas: It's a wrap!

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I'm done with wrapping my gifts.  There's no need to buy many gifts because I give cash to family members.  It's not the best thing to do but in this day and age, it's easier to let them choose what they want and I have no qualms about that.  I've received many gifts which I don't need or use and so I would prefer for my loved ones to buy what they really want or to spend it as they see fit. There's no harm in that.  

This practice of giving cash should be encouraged.  Because then we won't have the  problem of knowing what to do with the things we don't need or want.  

For those not so near or dear, we have to be attentive and get something that they've shown interest in so that they will feel glad to receive it.  Otherwise, chocolates, cakes, biscuits or wine will be the best choices.  

Sometimes it's very easy because there are so many things related to what they like.  A friend of mine loves all  Hello Kitty stuff so it's a very easy task to get her something.  At other times, it's a guessing game and we just have to depend on luck.  I usually have extra presents for surprise visits and people are always so pleased when they find that there is a gift for them too.  That's what Christmas is about!!

Countdown: 2 days to Christmas

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Now comes the hard part about Christmas because as the presents are laid below the tree, the need to open them up becomes greater and greater!  I can resist but Stephen has been insisting that he doesn't need Christmas day to open his gifts because he may be able to use it now.  Yeah!  Sure!  No way, Jose!  Just wait, will you??  

And from experience, I've learnt that everyone has a great time opening gifts and the whole house will be strewn with, ribbons, papers, boxes, and whatever else from the gifts.  Hence, this is a great idea to have because everyone chucks all their stuff inside and it looks pretty!

So have a huge box ready for all the paraphernalia from the aftermath of opening gifts!

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Countdown: 14 days to Christmas

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Such a nice and thoughtful gift to make for someone who's into baking.  And aren't these cupcakes to die for!!!!

I made my first cheese cake the other day.  We walloped it in three days!  No waste as it goes to the waist!  Sighhhhhhhhhhh.

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