(S19) PT4 - ‘Tis the Season

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I am going to make a return trip to the East Bay Area and celebrate Christmas with some close family and friends. The last few seasons, I fly in the day before Christmas Eve and stay with my parents. I will usually spend the first night in a hotel and spend Christmas Eve in my old room. My brother will also fly in and spend Christmas Eve in his old room. Family will come from all around and we have bit of a party with some games and such on Christmas Eve. After 9pm, we send the kids off to one of the upstairs rooms and turn on a holiday movie for them. After the kids are occupied, the adults will bust out some egg nog and alcohol for some adult beverages. I will usually bring a few prizes to give out during our family, drunken, holiday trivia games. After that, most of the family will filter out to their respective hotels, and the rest will cozy up in spare rooms and on couches at my parents place. All of the dads will then don Santa hats and we will place the presents of the kids who stayed, under the Christmas tree before we, ourselves, retire for the night.

The next day, we all wake up bright and early and open the gifts for all of the kids in attendance. Once the rest of the family gets back over the house, we continue to open presents until every one has been opened. Following the presents, we pour a few more adult beverages and start in on holiday brunch/lunch. The adults will watch some basketball games while the kids test out all of the presents they received. It is a great time and I love spending the time with my family. No matter where I am, I always make sure I able to get back to Oakland for Christmas.

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