RSSBest Christlessmas Ever
Between our two families, The Partner and I experience three days of Christ(less)mas: an evening with just my parents, the eve with (nearly) the rest of my family, and the morning/afternoon/evening with his family.
The Partner and I decided at the last minute to eschew buying our loved ones more shit they don’t need, so we got creative and handmade them things. In turn, The Partner’s family made things as well (although some things [some very kickass things] were still bought).
Realizing I had less than TWO WEEKS to make stuff for a bunch of people put me into a panic, I will admit. Next year will be much, much better planned, as two, er, FIVE beloved friends have yet to receive their gifts, because I’m still making them. The way I figure it, January is pretty boring after the 1st, so getting gifts mid-month will help make it brighter.
Seeing as how my holiday time was going to be spent with family, I focused on their gifts.
One of my handknits was finished during the week of the 10th, a scarf for one of my aunts:
And then I (amazingly) churned out THREE hats the next week. I do not recommend doing this, it was insane.
This was for my mother-not-in-law, who had worn one of my hats a few weeks prior while visiting and said she liked the fit of it, so I gave to her A Multicolored Hat Much Like the Black One:
For my two sisters-not-in-law, I knit up two very cute hats, which thankfully fit (I was knitting blind regarding size) and they both liked:
A devil hat:
And a kitty hat, which truly was finished at the last minute, and is modeled by my sister-not-in-law, N:
The tails of this one are sort-of rounded circles (which you can’t see in the photo), because I hate pompoms.
From my mother-not-in-law I received a handmade corn bag, which you pop in the microwave for an instant warmer or, as will be happening this coming summer, in the freezer for an instant cool:
I love my bag of corn
For his gift, my father-not-in-law cooked us all a delicious dinner which included beef (still connected to the bones! and parts cooked longer just for me because I don’t do bloody meat!) and yummy twice-baked potatoes.
The most shocking gift was purchased by N for her mom:
Which made her mother cry:
My sister-not-in-law, A, made some TRULY AWESOME gifts:
For N she made this sculpture thing, of some anime/manga/I don’t know character I’m not familiar with:
For her parents she drew a family portrait, characteristically representing all of us:
Note The Partner trying to tickle me, and me motioning to “Fucking quit it”.
But the most awesomest gifts of all were received by The Partner and I from A: Paintings of us!
These are so fucking awesome.
I must say I rather like this Buy Nothing* for Christlessmas.
*Although, I will confess: I did purchase an ukulele with some cash I received, and am impatiently awaiting its delivery from Hawaii.
I hope your holiday was equally as awesome.
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Awesome. Quite jealous of the paintings.
I saw those paintings earlier. They are fucking sweet!
What a great idea for Christlessmas - actually making something or buying gifts that people actually want.
One of the nice side effects of doing Christmas this way is that you have money left over to buy yourself gifts - such as a ukulele!
Wow, that is a ton of Wii accessories. Even the charge stand!
Nice shots too. From the 50mm lens?
@Luke: Yes, they are all from the 50mm. I tend to keep it on most of the time when shooting inside because it stops down the lowest. (And because I only have two lenses [the prime and the kit lens] currently!)