4. Waking Up At Stupid OClock On Christmas Morning To Open Presents
Whether its just past midnight, the crack of dawn or somewhere in between, at some point you're so overwhelmed by the excitement of it all that you can't help but wake up at a ridiculous hour. This is one of the best things about being a kid on Christmas Day total parental control. So what if its 1 oclock in the morning? Youre awake. You want presents. Now. So you sprint on your tip toes, crash open the door to your parents room and body-smash onto their bed, startling them with freezing cold feet and an accidental knee to the kidneys. Youre babbling non-stop, showing them the contents of your stocking, chattering, shivering. Youre misty eyed and beaming. Its emphatically wonderful. Of course, nowadays its quite different altogether. If anyone dares attempt to wrest you from your hazy slumber before 9am, they get nothing but a torrent of foul-mouthed abuse. Merry @*!%*! Christmas to you too.
Chris James Peet says hello. His interests include hoping for the best and sitting in chairs. He much prefers moaning to counting his blessings and suffers fools gladly. He also likes to look out of the window and check what's in the fridge but he hates standing up, dripping taps and reality.
