On Christmas Day in the Morning
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend. Mine was wonderful, to say the least. Lots of food, family, friends, and fun. Oh, and presents. Don't forget the presents. Hubby and I exchanged quite a few gifts on Christmas Eve. Next year we'd probably better come up with a budget so we're not as broke as we were this year. I got new clothes, winter boots (hopefully it starts snowing around here so I have a reason to wear them!), an armband for my iPod, and a bunch of other stuff. The next day we went to my parents' house where we got even more gifts. Lots of movies and other fun things. But my favorite present was actually for my uncle.
Life has probably not turned out for my uncle quite the way he planned. He has never married or had kids and lives alone in New Jersey and far away from any family. He spends most of his time working in New York City and can't afford to do much else. I think his happiest times are when he gets to come visit us at Christmas time. My uncle only got a few presents but one made his eyes light up and I knew it meant more to him than a million presents could. When we couldn't think of anything really great to give him, it was suggested that we all pitch in and buy my uncle two tickets to a Broadway show. He told us last year that he never gets to go see shows because he can never afford them. He LOVES the theater and I figured this would be good because he wouldn't have to haul a bunch of stuff home on the airplane.
We didn't presume to know which show he would want to go to or when so we wrote up a certificate that entitled him to two tickets to the show of his choice and placed it in a small box. Then we put that small box into a slightly larger box and then we put that box in a larger box until we had quite a few boxes into a very large box. By the time he got down to the smallest box I think he was a little bit concerned. But the look on his face when he saw what we had given him was my favorite part of Christmas. Gifts that truly mean something are worth more than all the presents in the world.
The rest of my Christmas weekend was great. I had several calls from potential employers and that one company did indeed call me for a second interview which will take place tomorrow. Wish me luck in finding the job that will be best for me! Since we spend more time at work than at home even, we should each enjoy the work we do and the time we spend doing it, dontcha think? That's my plan.
Life has probably not turned out for my uncle quite the way he planned. He has never married or had kids and lives alone in New Jersey and far away from any family. He spends most of his time working in New York City and can't afford to do much else. I think his happiest times are when he gets to come visit us at Christmas time. My uncle only got a few presents but one made his eyes light up and I knew it meant more to him than a million presents could. When we couldn't think of anything really great to give him, it was suggested that we all pitch in and buy my uncle two tickets to a Broadway show. He told us last year that he never gets to go see shows because he can never afford them. He LOVES the theater and I figured this would be good because he wouldn't have to haul a bunch of stuff home on the airplane.
We didn't presume to know which show he would want to go to or when so we wrote up a certificate that entitled him to two tickets to the show of his choice and placed it in a small box. Then we put that small box into a slightly larger box and then we put that box in a larger box until we had quite a few boxes into a very large box. By the time he got down to the smallest box I think he was a little bit concerned. But the look on his face when he saw what we had given him was my favorite part of Christmas. Gifts that truly mean something are worth more than all the presents in the world.
The rest of my Christmas weekend was great. I had several calls from potential employers and that one company did indeed call me for a second interview which will take place tomorrow. Wish me luck in finding the job that will be best for me! Since we spend more time at work than at home even, we should each enjoy the work we do and the time we spend doing it, dontcha think? That's my plan.
posted by Heidi @ 12:00 PM
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