Sweet Shoppe Designs

My only complaint at Christmas...One of the traditions my parents seemed to have forged at Christmas was electing me to dole out the presents on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. When I was a little kid, it was fun because presents were great. When I reached highschool, I didn’t mind, because presents were still fun. But when college came, and I finally began feeling like an adult, having to hand out the presents became annoying. And, up until this last Christmas, the tradition continued-I was the one handing out the presents. 30 years old and I was still handing out presents from underneath the tree like a five year old. Talk about feeling like a little kid again-except imagine trying to crawl underneath the tree to reach the weenie sized present in the very back, with my tushie hanging out in the air-not very dignified. Every year I have sucked it up, but finally this year, I had an excuse-pregnancy. So finally, other people had to hand out the gifts (my niece and nephews). This next Christmas I vow to be firm and just say No to this kiddie job and be grateful that one day Macy will take my place as the “gift giver”.

Credits: Template by Loreta Labarca. Papers from Rak Megakits. Stitching by Laura Apulche.