Christmas

25th of December, Thursday

A real traditional American Christmas! I got up at 8:30, and everyone came down to the livin room. We were anxious to open presents! I skyped my family in Hungary. My sister and her family was at our house, so I talked with them too. I got a package from her, from Brussels, which was a furry bracelet. My sister gives me the weirdest and funniest presents! I got a package from my parents too, full of personal gifts and candy. Lots of candy. I didn't cry this time. I got a bunch of gifts from Herb, Anne and Sun. Like an awesome bracelet, pyjama pants, a hoodie, parfume, keychain, and a stocking full of candy (I definitely left something out, because there was so much). I opened a package from Kim Masiello, full of art supplies (yay!), and I got an envelope from Al, who generously added to my bus tour savings.

  I spent the rest of the morning packing. At 4, the extended family came, and everyone was giving each other presents. I got some gift cards and candy again. We ate some Christmas food in the basement. It was very lovely. Unfortunately, I still had a lot of packing to do.

  At 10 pm, Herbie, Jackie, Dj, Sun, two of Herbie's cousins and I, we went to the cinema! Weird, the last time I went to the movie theatre on Christmas, I was 6. We watched Unbroken, a film directed by Angelina Jolie. It was very impressive, amazingly done and beautifully filmed. It's a true story about a WWII veteran Olympicon, who survived a plane crash, 1,5 months drifting in the Pacific Ocean in a lifeboat, and being captured and held in a Japanese concentrational camp. The Japanese are so cruelly illustrated, that this movie is banned in Japan. It was a very powerful film, and a long one too. It was 1 am when we got back home. I finished packing by 3 am.