Advent Calendar Day 15

[miyoungie]

 

Welcome to the late day 15 cause I'm a butt lately! /sobs softly/

Today's topic is a Holiday story you will always remember! This could be anything from happy to funny to sad. Just a story/event that happened near the holiday's for you that stuck out. Something you always seem to bring up each year, maybe? If you don't, just any particular Holiday story is great! Just something that you'd enjoy telling!

For answering this, You may choose a choice 15 card! No need to wait for me to respond, either. Go ahead and grab it! And just like all Advent Calendar days, This will end December 31st!

Comments

[karayan]

So, many many years ago, when my sister was a toddler and I was in elementary school, my family still occasionally went to church. One year, our church handed out these cute little boxes with miniature gifts of the magi inside. I know the "gold" was pyrite, but the frankincense and myrrh were most likely real. Being a lover of all things miniature (we're talking shiny holiday boxes that were maybe 3"x1" and divided into little compartments with a gift in each one) I totally took one home.

I swear I took my eyes off it only for like five seconds, but during those five seconds, my sister ate the frankincense and myrrh (I guess the pyrite didn't look appetizing?).

Well, my mom freaked out and immediately called our local Poison Control number. The trouble was, we didn't actually know if it was real frankincense and myrrh or not, so we couldn't even tell them for sure what she'd eaten. There was added hilarity when the person on the other end of the phone went, "... are you Dr. [my dad's name]'s family?" Eventually it was decided that she'd probably be fine, and she was, though she didn't learn the lesson about sticking things in her mouth. But the habanero pepper is another story completely.

I'll take fenia15!

[miyoungie]