Joe and I started pretty early and wondered about the other people's progress. It was hard though to decide what to make. I ended up purchasing an empty cigar box and then painted it with things that had something to do with what my person studied in school. Since he is into anatomy and things of that nature I found images of the human body - the skeletal system, musculature, and the anatomy of the hands and feet - then painted them on each side of the box. Joe made a scrap book for his secret santee, and I helped the other little man of the family make Joe's present on Xmas eve. He finished right on time!
Come Christmas eve afternoon we had our gifts under the tree and went to help Joe's cousin prepare for her annual Christmas eve open house. She had about 5 - 6 types of desserts - muddy buddies, peppermint and orange fudge, no bake chocolate peanut cookies, pumpkin pie, snickerdoodles, etc. - soft tacos, moose chili, meat balls, stuffed shells, veggie platters, etc. There was even a giant cookie man that we got to decorate. We spent about 4 hours total there, helping, eating, and then digesting on the couch.
At about 7 pm we decided to take a drive and look at the lights around the neighborhoods of Lewiston and Youngstown which are not far from the reservation. Then we went to Fatima Shrine to have one more look at the lights. For more information on the shrine please visit here: http://www.fatimashrine.com/
After taking some photos we returned home and exchanged gifts. I was so happy that my person smiled and actually seemed to like the gift. Everyone did a wonderful job and seemed genuinely happy. The next morning store bought gifts were exchanged then Joe, his grandma, and I went to another relative's house to have lunch. We enjoyed our time and visited some more of his relatives in the Falls then called it a day to watch movies on the computer.
Come Christmas eve afternoon we had our gifts under the tree and went to help Joe's cousin prepare for her annual Christmas eve open house. She had about 5 - 6 types of desserts - muddy buddies, peppermint and orange fudge, no bake chocolate peanut cookies, pumpkin pie, snickerdoodles, etc. - soft tacos, moose chili, meat balls, stuffed shells, veggie platters, etc. There was even a giant cookie man that we got to decorate. We spent about 4 hours total there, helping, eating, and then digesting on the couch.
At about 7 pm we decided to take a drive and look at the lights around the neighborhoods of Lewiston and Youngstown which are not far from the reservation. Then we went to Fatima Shrine to have one more look at the lights. For more information on the shrine please visit here: http://www.fatimashrine.com/
After taking some photos we returned home and exchanged gifts. I was so happy that my person smiled and actually seemed to like the gift. Everyone did a wonderful job and seemed genuinely happy. The next morning store bought gifts were exchanged then Joe, his grandma, and I went to another relative's house to have lunch. We enjoyed our time and visited some more of his relatives in the Falls then called it a day to watch movies on the computer.
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