Merry Christmas!

So... December 24th. Some people celebrate in a big way, others can't wait for it to be over... I'm kinda in the middle. I like Christmas, but seeing and since I moved to Memphis I only have my mom and dad to celebrate it, it has become less of a big deal.
When I was growing up, we usually went to my grandmother's for my dad's side for dinner. Of course when I was a kid, this implied a bunch of gifts and that was awesome. But as I grew older the gifts became less, and I discovered I disagreed more with my family about the traditions they celebrated on Christmas. Like, they always had to have dinner at midnight. And not just any dinner either, but a full legged, super heavy dinner, and our poor stomachs sometimes couldn't take it. They were also very religious and just a tad close minded, so I kinda pulled away from that side of the family.
There were some traditions I liked though. Like I helped my grandmother every year with her nativity scene and her Christmas tree. We got more creative and bought new stuff, specially for the nativity and I loved that. She always looked so happy when we finished it.

So this year, I wasn't going to make a big deal out of it, I bought gifts for the people closest to me, and my mom got me some new pj's to wear tonight and I left some messages for a couple of people on Facebook. That was it, done deal. Until my sister wrote to me on Facebook. All she said was "Merry Christmas, Sis. Luv you... miss you. Kisses."
Cut to me getting all nostalgic and crying. I hate that I'm this emotional. I mean, I knew it was close yesterday when I saw Isa and Robbie on the webcam receiving the gifts we sent them, but I can't believe my sister's words got to me that badly.

But... I guess I need to get over that. I got my new clothes and my new bag yesterday so I'm very happy about that. The bag is perfect. I've been wanting something for my laptop and none of the bags I bought really worked for me, but this one is great and it has the added bonus of saying Linkin Park, lol. My vest is also pretty cool and it fits just like I wanted it too. I'll wear it for NYE and take some pics.
So, all in all, I really should be happy today and Abe and Eli are stopping by tonight so maybe it won't be so depressing after all, lol.