ErulissëEnethNîn wrote:
LoL you don't have a bad memory, I do have a birthday coming up! I'll be 23 on April 24th (in a week)
I actually don't mind becoming a year older. I enjoy growing up. I'll probably start panicking when I'm about to turn 25 though, haha!
I like birthdays but I don't really like huge celebrations or parties (where I have to be the center of attention). I'd rather just have a quiet relaxed birthday at home and then just maybe hit a pub with some friends or something. I don't care for a lot of presents either (I'd rather get one thing that I really want than ten things I'll never use). A cake is never wrong though
When I was a kid I LOVED having a birthday party. In Sweden your family always wake you up with presents in the morning (usually wake you up by singing "Happy Birthday") so you get to open them in bed and so when I was a kid I could never sleep on the morning of my birthday. I'd always listen at the door to hear them coming and then quickly jump into bed and pretend to be asleep, haha.
Ha ha ha! The day I turn 25 is the day everything is going to go downhill. XD
Ha ha ha. I had a friend who turned 25, and when I called to wish her a Happy Birthday she was like, "*many swear words* I'm a freakin' quarter of a century old! What's up with that?!"
Yeah, not looking forward to being a quarter of a century old. But that's in a little over 5 years. I just have to get over turning 20. NOT looking forward to that for some reason.
I think part of it has to do with not technically being a "teen" any more. You're like considered more of an adult. You know what I mean? "No more acting like a child! You're 20 years old!" XD Ha ha ha...*sigh*
But, as for that birthday tradition, that just made me giggle, Eru! Sounds so fun!!!
Sadly, no one ever woke me up with presents.
Since my birthday is in the summer, we'd usually have a get together or something at our cabin at the lake north of where I live. So, it's always nice to have a birthday in the summer, at a lake...because there's lots of swimming and stuff.
Not much different than a normal day up there. Ha ha ha.
But, my mom's parents would always come down, and my grandma makes THE best lemon meringue pie, and knows it's my favourite. So, we don't usually have cake, but lemon meringue pie. Although, a lot of people in my family don't like that kind of pie, so I'm usually the only one who eats it. (And rightly so...
) Ha ha ha!
If we did just have a little party at our cabin, some family was usually there and sometimes I brought a friend or too. Or sometimes we'd stay at home, and it'd just be like a dinner with my mom and dad. And some presents. No birthday song or anything.
The way I like it.
One year, though, my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary was 2 days AFTER my birthday, so, we were all up at my grandparents' getting everything ready, and I remember, on the morning of my birthday, one of my cousin's ran into the room I was sleeping in to wake me up and wish me happy birthday.
Which, I had no idea what she was talking about, because I'd COMPLETELY forgotten! Ha ha ha!
This past year, I didn't do anything special, except, my big present was a trip to Spokane to see Michael Buble in concert. Best ever.
So, sometimes my birthdays are actually little parties, or just a favourite dinner of mine with family.
As for Christmas, we usually go down to my aunt and uncle's guest ranch, which is in some valley far away.
It's really nice up there. Very quiet. Usually lots of snow. And just family hangin' out together.
I DO like getting up early on Christmas. I mean, just the atmosphere of being up, one, before the parents, but just...gah, I don't really know how to explain it.
Like when it's still dark out...hard to explain.
Although, lately, I like sleeping in a bit...because my evil demon child cousin runs around at 5 am...trying to wake everyone up. She's a bit...crazy. And evil. She's always trying to make us open our presents in turns so she can see what we all got...and then flaunt what she got.
But, we just ignore her, gather up our presents, try and find a spot in the tiny living room and open presents.
After that, we go on a snowmobile "picnic"...
Crazyness...but it's fun.
And then, that night, we have a dinner. Can't remember the name of it...has a certain name.
Then we snowmobile, to my uncle's mom's place...for dessert and his side of the family.
But Christmas Eve has always been my favourite. Don't know why.
I don't celebrate Christmas for...the religious holiday. I never have. Although most of my family hates me for it, I just don't. But, I like it because it's just time for family. It's really nice.
You know what I mean? Just kind of hanging out. Which is why Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday. DEFINATLELY not religious (*extra points for that...
*):P But also because we have this huge gathering of family at our cabin, with lots of food.
Food and family. That's about as religious as I get. XD
yeah it does seem like an eternity 
