Dec 10 2007
Looking Forward to Christmas
It’s December 10th already… and I think that I am pretty much ready for Christmas..
On the weekend, my wife and I went to Shaw’s Annual Christmas Party. This year it was held at Canada Place, in downtown Vancouver, with over 1900 people attending. It’s one of those events that I always look forward to.
The food was good, the live band was very good, and the wine? Well.. let’s just say that I had my fair share… (Okay.. I had way too much.. but I wasn’t aware that a couple people were adding more into my glass when I wasn’t looking).. Fortunately, my wife was driving.. 
The weekend before, we went to Shaw’s Annual Kids Christmas Party. This was at Crash Crawley’s in Coquitlam (an indoor playground, for those of you who don’t know). Breakfast was served, kids played for hours, and they even got a picture with Santa!
At home, it appears that everything is nearly in order. We still need a few things, but I think that will be easily handled. We won’t be making a mad rush to the store on the 24th to buy gifts and a turkey. We’ve done most of the shopping (for gifts anyways), our Christmas cards ready to be mailed, and our tree, lights, and decorations are up..
For a change this year, I will be cooking dinner. Hopefully, I will not have a repeat of the last turkey dinner that I cooked a few years ago. Dinner wasn’t ready until midnight, and our friends kids had fallen asleep waiting..
All things considered, this should be a great Christmas. Ever since our first daughter was born, Christmas has been a very happy, exciting, even magical time of year. When I was a kid, I remember how much I couldn’t wait to go see Santa at the Oshawa Centre, just to tell him what I wanted for Christmas. I laugh about how my younger brothers and I would rountinely get busted trying to sneak down the stairs at 3AM on Christmas morning to see if Santa came..
It should be a great Christmas for us..