What did you get for Christmas?

[trojangal]

Originally posted by 33girl
Strep throat! Whooo hoo!

Sounds like the same fun we had...both mr. trojangal and I got really sick while in Colorado. Nothing like sharing Christmas and traveling back sick with swollen throats and fever!

Enough whining---in spite of being sick, it was a wonderful Christmas. There were 15 of us at my grandmother's house on Christmas day--all family and extended family, with the oldest being my grandmother at 81, and my baby cousin who is 11 months old. We had a family picture taken in front of the fireplace, and I can't wait to see how it turns out once we get it blown up to an 8x10 size.

On to the goodies:

$$ from grandmother--who paid for our trip out there

Giftcards from family members, scrapbook materials, ornaments, family photos,

From mr. trojangal: Macy's money ; computer stuff for the laptop, a pair of gold earrings, and a new cell phone to replace my dinosaur, a video I have been wanting forever

From my daughter ( with my mom's help a white gold snowflake necklace

From the parents:a beatiful sweater, some computer stuff, and some joint gifts for me and mr. trojangal--things like a Sirius satellite radio system..

AND THE SHOCKER--

From my DAD (!!) who gets the Coolest Dad of the Year Award--I got a special gift, that shocked me so much, I started crying when I realized what it was. He had wrapped it in several boxes, and down in the last box was....

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MY EMERALD AND PEARL KAPPA DELTA BADGE.

Apparently Dad had heard me talking to Mom at Thanksgiving asked her "what is all this Kappa Delta stuff?" --on his own, without even telling mom he found the website for the jeweler, looked at the different badges, and ordered it for me. No one had a clue that he had done it until the badge came to the house right before they left to travel to Colorado.

Definitely a memorable Christmas...