I know the anticipation has been killing you all. It was killing me. The question of how Dan and I spent our first Christmas together? Who got who what? Did Dan propose? All are valid questions with exciting answers which I am here to answer. Dan will have to fill you as to what he received gift-wise for the holidays, although I’m sure he will tell you that they were all amazing and incredibly tasteful. Until then, here is what I found under the Christmas tree:
1. A watch
Dan and my mom went shopping for this gift together. That scares me because now I think that they have some sort of secret alliance against me – a watch alliance. Who know what else happened at Ross Park Mall other than watch shopping? Still, it is a wonderful gift that I will wear every day, even though analog clocks still puzzle me.
2. A t-shirt
As you all know, 99 Red Balloons (not 99 Luft Balloons) is my favorite song of all time. I used to dance the night away to this little ditty at The Dame in Lexington before they tore it down and rebuilt it into a lesser place to be. It is a lovely marriage of words and music…oh wait, no, that’s Send In The Clowns (aka Clowns Come On In). Anyways, Dan bought me a shirt with exactly 99 red balloons on it! It’s amazing. I will wear it every single day with my watch so that I will always know the time and never stop dancing. Listen to it and think of me: 99 Red Balloons
3. A Record
In case you didn’t hear the news, Dan and I won a Twist dance contest a few weeks back. We didn’t win by actually twisting, but rather by causing a huge scene and sliding under each others legs. The crowd went wild. Our prizes for winning the contest were a lovely picture book of the one and only Audrey Hepburn (who Dan now has a crush on) and the record of the single “The Twist” by the one and only Chubby Checker. We split our winnings, me taking the picture book so Dan wouldn’t get any ideas, and Dan taking the Twist record so that he could practice dancing. Or so I thought. Instead, Dan had this keepsake framed for me so that I can hang it on my wall and any time I want to listen to the record, all I have to do is take the frame down, remove the back hinges, take away the cardboard that is keeping it in place, be careful not to break the glass, and then dance the night away.
All in all, it was a fantastic Christmas. I hope this filled in some gaps for all of you. Also, Dan did propose…that we get drunk! And we did.
