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I bought most of the gifts for myself this year, as Santa tends to forget you if you’re too old in my rather large in numbers family.

  1. Candy cane mug
  2. Guitar Hero III + my “White Falcon” a la Michael Guy Chislett wireless guitar (bought it for myself)
  3. Harry Potter & OOTP DVD (bought it for myself)
  4. Hello Kitty water dispenser (bought it for myself, had my niece wrap it, and stuck it under the tree, rofl)
  5. Hello Kitty plastic wallet (for when me and my niece go to shows, so I don’t have to carry all my crap)
  6. Hello Kitty metal tin (which I use to hold my bobby pins now)
  7. 8gb iPhone (*happy sigh*)
  8. $15 iTunes gift card (bought Brendan Benson’s 2 solo albums, delish)
  9. Trader Joe’s gift card
  10. Loads of Xmas cards from all over the world
  11. Linens ‘n’ Things gift card (for my new bookcase)
  12. Metal headbands from Icing
  13. Oolong tea
  14. The Simpsons Movie DVD (bought it for myself)
  15. $20 Target card (bought a new pair of pants for work)
  16. Terrauh’s astrology calendar (starring me as September!)

I don’t know why I expect more gifts. I always have that hope that somebody bought me something, but every year for the past decade, I have been let down. That’s why I have consistently bought myself gifts for Christmas.

But then I think, I don’t care about gifts so much. I just want to know that someone remembered me. Like Bender in that Futurama episode, A Pharaoh to Remember, “REMEMBER ME. REMEMBER ME.”

A card, a greeting, a text message. All I want is to be remembered.

I volunteered to work on Christmas Day, so I didn’t have to attend the family Christmas party!! Which was just as well, nobody thought of me on that side. No cards, no “we’re thinking of you,” no generic gifts. But at least I got to nosh on the baon (bah-OON, literal Tagalog translation means “gift/food for the journey”, but we tend to use it to mean “leftovers”) they brought home. Plus I got holiday pay. Always a good thing!

I am extremely poor now, and am going to be working for the rest of my life to pay off my credit card. I only used one card for the gifts this year. True, that means more debt. This is especially true, heading into another term at school. But I just wanted a good Christmas for my family and friends whom I bought gifts for. 2007 has been really crappy to us, and if I can bring a little happiness, I will, so help me God.

We went window shopping the day after Christmas, and that’s when I bought Guitar Hero III, the Simpsons and OOTP DVDs. Plus we went to See’s Candy at the Galleria, and bought my ma a pound of almond rocha, as well as a bar of milk chocolate and almonds for myself and my older brother. Mmm. I’m not a big fan of chocolate, but when you’re standing in line at See’s Candy and all you smell is chocolate… it sets something off in your head and makes you wanna buy chocolate! haha. Plus we went to the Sweet Factory as well, and I bought myself some Laffy Taffy. Mmm, I love sticky candy like that.

?: “How did you make out this year if you celebrate Christmas?“