Merry Blogmas

Hey.

So, as is widely known, tonight is Christmas Eve. And tomorrow is Christmas, the night Christian people believe Jesus was born. Right here, I could go into a lengthy rant about God and the true meaning of this awesome day, but as is the case with so many political and religious things, I'd rather not. So I won't :]]

One might wonder, "Gee, what do Atheists think about the holidays? What do they think about Christmas? What do they even do?" Well, here's the thing. Even though I'm Atheist, I celebrate Christmas, but for different reasons. For my family, it's more of a time to get together with our extended families and catch up, share stories, and just be together. We don't really go to church or pray or anything like that, but we do spend the evening watching Christmas movies and playing board games and stuff like that. I mean, I know the whole point of Christmas is the fact that it's Jesus' birthday and everything, but it can be used as a reason to have quality family bonding time that we might not otherwise have very much of, and I'm all for that!

Some of my family traditions...
~Hiding the Christmas pickle. Well, It's a glass ornament that looks like a pickle, but dad always hides it on Christmas morning and Lucy and I look for it. The one to find it gets to hang it on the tree!!
~"WTF" gift exchange. Throughout the year, we collect small items that we find in stores that make us go "WTF?!" when we look at them. These can be anything from a 3" statue of an oddly misshapen bear, to an exotic fruit. The limit for spending on any such WTF gift is $5. We wrap them in newspaper, and on Christmas Eve night, we have a white-elephant gift exchange that never fails to disappoint! Last year, I remember Lucy getting a vintage Transformers thermos...I was infinitely jealous.
~Watching Charlie Brown Christmas. Self explanatory, but watching it with my family is always heartwarming - mom's commentary is priceless :]]

This year in particular is special, because not only is it my first Christmas having been away at college, but the new Narnia movie is coming out...check it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfb1L-hMxU

OHMAGAWD.
I seriously can't wait. I read the entire Chronicles of Narnia series lord knows how many years ago, and the 5th book, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, was always my favorite. Pardon my French, but it's FUCKING EPIC AS HELL!! I have never wanted to be inside a book so badly in my entire life, so now that they're making a movie out of it, it's as if my childhood dreams are coming true! Call me whatever you want, but if I can't go see this movie, I will cry.
Well maybe not CRY, but I'll be very upset. VERY upset. And until I see it, I'll probably be an annoying little tit and not stop talking about it. Or thinking about it. Do you even know how excited I am? No, you do not. Stfu.

I'm not usually one to brag about a gift I've received, but...I GOT A NEW CAMERA. And I love it! I've wanted one for quite a while because I've never really had my own, and I've always just taken pictures with my phone so I can't zoom in on stuff, and they never turn out very well. But I HAVE one now and I'm super excited :)

That's all I've got to say for now. Good night, my lovelies! Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa/Hanukkah/Eid to us all!! <3