Christmas Eve

By Mark on Wednesday 24 December 2003 at 08:54

Well, here we are; after all the organising, stressing about what to get people etc etc, Christmas Eve has arrived.

It's weird though, because it never really seems so much like Christmas anymore.

When our family was young it used to be a moment of real anticipation, where my parents would stretch themselves financially, just to get me some toy I really wanted. I would spend hours making them something or save up pocket money to get my mum a figurine from a car boot sale.

Then I'd wake up at about 4am on Christmas morning and badger them out of bed so I could open my presents...

It's different now; my parents live a comfortable lifestyle, and so do I, and so do most of my friends, so it's increasingly difficult to choose a gift, because we can just buy most of what we want, when we want it.

It makes me realise how lucky we are when my Mum asks me what I want for Christmas, and I can't think of anything.

God, I sound old... see you all tonight for a good lash-up.

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