Home for the Holidays (part 3) – Or Overheard at My House on Christmas Night

Okay I know I said I was going to write the funny things said by my family but I am bored with that idea and worry that the bad grammar and miss pronounced words and phrases uttered by my French Canadian Sister in Law are only funny to me and my family. In any case I still have one final story from the holidays so here you go.

As we all had the Norwalk virus on Christmas Eve we had to cancel our usual evening of drinking and partying with family friends. Along with the drinking … and the partying we normally have a gift exchange. One of those games where you can either open a gift or steal one of the gifts that is already open. You have all had to do that at a Holiday party or family gathering … right? If not you get the basic premise. Sadly as we did not do an exchange so no one got a present.

This upset my Aunt greatly as she had bought what she thought was an amazing gift for the exchange. So Christmas night most of the family was feeling well enough to lie on the floor in the living room so we could at least pretend that we had managed a visit with each other and celebrate Christmas. At some point my Aunt brought down her gift for the exchange and told us someone should really open the gift she had purchased for the party the night before. I love opening presents so I agreed to open it and had the following conversation while holding the mystery gift.

Aunt: Do you know what it is?

TSG: Is it a sweater clip? It looks kind of like a sweater clip …

Aunt (with a bit of a giggle): No, guess again.

TSG: OMG is it roach clips?
(my aunt has been known to have hoot or two after dinner so it is not such a strange guess for me to make.)

Aunt: No (glaring at me as if to say please don’t refer to my dope habit in front of my mother). Guess again

TSG: I have no idea …

Aunt (looking in the direction of my 85 year old grandmother): Ask your Nana?

TSG: Nana do you know what this is?

Nana: They look like nipple clips to me dear…


And they were in fact a set of nipple clips. Now tell me does your Nana know a set of nipple clips when she sees them … I didn’t think so.

I promise I will get a photo of the clips and post them for you all very soon.

The Single Girl