A mixed Christmas!

This christmas was not going to be like any other for me. I was in the middle of the desert, with none of my family around me. No christmas carols, no christmas eve drinks with my sister. No littlies trying to stay up as long as possible, not getting to sleep till after 11pm. There was no doubt i was going to be quite sad for xmas. But not to be a christmas kill-joy, i still went out and put up my xmas decorations in the van(including a very little xmas tree). Mike took a little while to get into the spirit, but before i knew it there was a santa present under the tree. In Germany they open there presents the night before christmas, they call this the holy night because its when mary and joseph went to bethlehem and had jesus. So as you can probably guess all day i was saying to mike "is it time yet? can we open them now?" It was a terrible wait for me. I almost couldnt bear it. But when the sun went down, mike rang the bell(car keys) to say it was time to open the presents. He had candles lit all around the room, it was just perfect. I got the most georgous gold teddy bear, he is so soft, and is so good to cuddle. I named him Jack. I got mike a shirt with "mother" written on it(its the name of his band in Germany). And also a stubbie holder with a photo of himself on it playing the guitar, he loved it. So we had a very cosy little christmas with just the 2 of us. We both were talking to our family but i guess its just not the same as them being here. So a very mixed christmas, but also one of the nicest.