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Sunday, December 24th

Christmas in America...

My aunt and uncle came over with Richard and Dennis, and we had Christmas dinner together like a typical American family except that Mom stuffed the turkey with sticky rice.

Richard is in med school now and was back for the holidays. At the dinner table, we somehow got on the topic of how people drive in the South. My brother, our stand-up comedian in the house, had a few things to say...

Him: (calmly) "People here do NOT know how to drive."

We snicker.

Him: (continues) "When the light turns green, NO ONE moves."

We laugh.

Him: (eyebrows up an inch) "Not until the light turns YELLOW."

We're cracking up.

Him: (on a roll) "I'm thinking, oh great. At this rate, this is going to take forever!"

We're still laughing.

Him: (exasperated) "But all the other drivers are just sittin' in their cars, looking around as if this is NORMAL!"

We're now LOL.

Him: (hyperventilating) "I just couldn't TAKE it any more. I finally HONKED MY HORN."

We listen with much anticipation.

Him: (with emphasis on the "I") "And everyone looked at me like I was crazy!"

By the time he was done, the whole family was ROFL. Alright so maybe I'm exaggerating a little, but it was funny none the less. Don't get my brother started. It can get painful.

Opening gifts at midnight...

After dinner, some of the relatives played Scrabble while I hopped onto the computer hoping to get a little work done. At least I was able to email and take care of some outstanding O site problems. Later we crowded around the Christmas tree at midnight to open all the gifts, that being a family tradition. And as usual, Mom brought out her fake ones (gifts) to make it look like there was a lot going on under there.

Dennis, the youngest of our generation, is in the name brand stage of his life and got a ton of clothes, many from Banana Republic and Abercrombie & Fitch. Kids these days are awfully high maintenance, no? My brother, impressed with Dennis' choice of attire, said, "Cool. I didn't know they have those here."

Richard replied, "They don't. We bought them in Atlanta."

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