Wow, that sounds very different from how we celebrate here in America! At least for our family. Traditionally we have gone to church (at least the years my very catholic grandparents were alive) on Christmas eve and then opened gifts and spent time with family on Christmas day. And it’s illegal to light off fireworks until December 31st
Also I think the word you’re looking for, or at least what I call them is “poppers”. I have a bunch of firecrackers that are mostly illegal in the US that I’ll probably be lighting off on New Years, either that or make some fireworks that make a big boom
Oh dang, that sounds good! And yes, EB Games is either owned by the same company that owns Gamestop or is a competitor, I dunno. Either way I know both franchises exist in the US.
Haha driving is always fun, I learned when I was 15… I’m curious though, is driving very prominent in Australia? I know people in Europe complain about us Americans driving around so much and some non-Americans I talk to say there’s a stereotype about how all Americans own and drive cars around, which I would honestly say is mostly true except for me when I’m away at uni in a large metropolitan area with a good public transit system.
Well I guess I’m a bit late to the party but Merry Christmas to everyone! This year was really different for me because I ended up going to 4 Christmas parties… First I went over to my friend’s house on the night of the 24th and we played Weiss Schwartz most of the night but still opened gifts and had dinner with his family regardless. Then on Christmas day my girlfriend and I went and celebrated Christmas with aunts from my dad’s side of my family that I’ve been getting to know for a year or so, and then went to my mom’s house and had Christmas here and opened gifts and whatnot. Then I went to my girlfriend’s grandparents house later that night and had another party there… As to what we had, at our house we had ham, turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberries, stuffing, green bean casserole, fruit/pasta salad we call frog eye salad, and pumpkin pie/chocolate cream pies for desert.
As for what I got, well mostly I got cash. Which was really good because now I can pay my credit card off after ordering so many CDs from Japan through Pepe and send him some money for Comiket stuff
I also got a new wallet, handmade quilt, some stuff for my future apartment, and another copy of the Beach Queens Rin figure I already had hehe. I also got a few other random things but I mostly just enjoyed being able to spend so much time with all of my family and getting to see a lot of people I hadn’t been able to see in the last three months or so because I’ve been away.