{"id":137,"date":"2006-12-30T22:09:27","date_gmt":"2006-12-31T03:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2006-12-30T22:09:27","modified_gmt":"2006-12-31T03:09:27","slug":"christmas-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/christmas-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas, In Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Saturday night and I’m on the couch, hanging out with the cats and depositing a metric ton of snot into a half acre worth of tissues. I figure, if I’m going to be lame, I’ll be lame in style and post a nice little photo update.<\/p>\n

Christmas went better than I ever expected that it would. Scheduling and family issues worked themselves out at the last minute and we were all on our best behavior. I didn’t have to break out the peppermint schnapps to tune everyone out and I didn’t have to whittle down a candy cane to stab anyone in self defense. And, really, anything beyond that is just icing on the cake.<\/p>\n

So, without further ado, I present my 2006 Christmas in picture form with lame captions.<\/p>\n

Cue the Charlie Brown Christmas music…<\/p>\n

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\nLu lu lu, lu lu lu lu lu… It’s a Charlie Brown Christmas tree! No! It’s a branch! Masquerading as a tree!<\/p>\n

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\nEvery year, my sisters and I fight over who can get their apple highest up on the tree (yes, we are that immature). From all outward appearances, it would seem that I lost this year. And yet…<\/p>\n

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\nWhat’s this? My apple? On the top of the tree in our apartment? A good 4-5 feet above the Charlie Brown tree? Ha! Call me immature if you’d like, but I win. Neener. Neener. Neener.<\/center><\/p>\n

My god, we’re going to be in our 80’s and one of us is going to break a hip trying to get our apple to the very top of our genetically modified 30 foot tall tree. Note to self: have very, very tall grandchildren…”<\/p>\n


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\nFor some reason, my sister still trusts me to look after my nephew…<\/p>\n

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\n…Probably because I make such an excellent pillow.<\/p>\n

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\nMy Brother-In-Law and his Mini Me<\/p>\n

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\n“I’m smiling because I’m about to steal your adorable baby.”<\/p>\n

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\n“Oh, go on!”<\/p>\n

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\nJust because you’re 91 years old, that’s no excuse for slacking. Now get out there! (Brooklyn, yo.)<\/p>\n

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\nMy nephew might be a little too young to appreciate his Christmas presents, but he sure does love the wrapping paper. (Delicious! And<\/i> high in fiber!)<\/p>\n

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\nNo muppets were harmed in the making of this photo.<\/p>\n

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\nChristmas is, like, so totally emo.<\/p>\n

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\n“Mom bought us all gift certificate for electrolysis? Hooray!”<\/p>\n

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\nTaken moments before they passed out in front of the football game…<\/p>\n

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\n…You think it might be genetic?
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Fin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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