This year I am working Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas. It sounds awful at first, but what this really means is that this will be the very first time we have had our own Lipstick family Christmas. All activities will occur at Lipstick Manor and will have four attendants-Mr. Lipstick, JBB, Pretty Girl, and me.
Growing up, every Christmas was wonderful, loving, relaxing, magical. I remember the warmth of the house; the smell of the food; the sounds of laughter, Christmas music, and football in the background; and of course, the presents. Nonna and Mother Lipstick were masterful at creating that cozy ambiance, and I was the direct beneficiary. I can remember those Christmases in vivid detail. When I relive them in my mind, a sense of bliss, contentment, and love envelops me like a fuzzy blanket.
This year I am the one responsible for doing the cooking and making the atmosphere. I'm excited, and I feel all grown up. At the same time, I feel intimidated by my childhood Christmases. I bear the responsibility of creating the Christmas memories for JBB and Pretty Girl, and I want theirs to be as wonderful as mine. I have planned the menu, of course, and the "schedule" is filled with plenty of time for playing with new toys and falling asleep while watching holiday movies. I have to confess that I am just as excited about going back home next week to celebrate Christmas there. I'm sure I'll be tired of feeling grown up by then, and it will be fun to enjoy the magic created by the true masters of ambiance, Nonna and Mother Lipstick.
9 comments:
Wonderful post and what a tribute to your family and the memories that they created for you. I hope my children feel that way about our Christmastimes! Merry, Merry to you and yours. xoxo
Merry Christmas, Lipstick! I hope you have a lovely day with your little ones. I'm sure they'll remember their Christmases much like you remember yours.
AWW Lipstick! You are all grown up! Way to go.. I have yet to host a Holiday at MWP Manor... and pray it will be many many years :).
Merry Christmas to the entire Lipstick household!
It's nearly 9 a.m. here and the chocolate chip cookies are already baking. This is my first Christmas not at my mother's home - must.make.Christmas.merry!
I know your feeling so I hope you all have a merry, merry Christmas!
This was such a nice post! I'm excited for you to start your own Lipstick family tradition! And it sounds like you get the best of both worlds - have a wonderful time tomorrow AND next week!
When we bought our home we started having christmas with my hubs parents and my dad at our house, this still continues. We have our present time and open our stuff from us and santa, then we clean up and start cooking they come over we eat WAY to much and then open more.
We spend the day being lazy and playing with all the new toys, then we have a big fancy dinner just the hubs, the kids and I.
I love that my kids get to be at their own house on christmas this is how it was for me growing up and I loved that I never had to leave all my new toys to go someplace else.
Merry Christmas Miss Lipstick, and all of the Lipstick Family!
Cyberhugs,
tp
Enjoy! Have very Merry Christmas!
Ooooh, I hope to be in charge of the Licious Christmas next year. I'm sick of travel. The IL's need to visit US so that my girls can enjoy Christmas in their house with their toys- not have to dash off 1.5 hours away to THEIR house.
I hope you had a mighty good one!
Holly
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