Christmas haul: mostly leftist non-fiction, kitchen gadgets (small ones, @anthracite, don't panic :) ), and Italian candy.
Not bad at all.
Mom finally had a good long cry over my late uncle. I was wondering when that would come.
Pretty low-key and cheerful otherwise. Parents being v. gracious about accepting it's still 8 am as far as my left-coast brain is concerned. Back to bed.
The one potential serious hitch: my estranged stepsister-in-law. (You can already guess about how close that makes me to her.) She had a falling out with my mom, and honest to god, I don't know whose fault it was. (Mom is great, but she *does* have a tendency to just suddenly form a grudge out of nowhere.) This is the first one of our holidays she's attended in five years, and... yeah, if they both get started again, I'm just gonna hide upstairs and eat my torrone in peace 'cause IDGAF. :p
