{"id":4260,"date":"2006-12-25T23:18:41","date_gmt":"2006-12-25T23:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4260"},"modified":"2025-09-26T03:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:25:52","slug":"christmas_day_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=4260","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Day, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As all Christmas&#8217;s should be, it was a great day. It started later then we expected, at 7:18AM when Tim came in (he announced the time) and told us &#8220;there were a lot of presents&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;d been up until almost 3AM. Brigid went with Tim to the back room and there was a <u>very<\/u> large box in the &#8220;Mom&#8221; section, with a sign on top of it saying &#8220;Pick up your Chinchilla at Choice Pets.&#8221; Believe me, not my idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks like Trinity the guinea pig will have a roommate in an adjoining cage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe was up a few moments later and the present-opening began in earnest. The only thing Joe had wanted was something called an MR2 spyder paintgun (see below), and Santa didn&#8217;t disappoint. He also got a number of other things to go with his current passion &#8211; paintballing &#8211; like a camouflaged blind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim meanwhile received quite a number of the gifts he&#8217;d asked Santa for in an email (although not the motor scooter, ATV, etc), such as the O&#8217;Doul&#8217;s non-alcoholic beer, as well as several nice things he hadn&#8217;t asked for. Especially a beautiful sleeping bag which he loves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brigid will get her Chinchilla tomorrow (the boys are pleased) and amongst other things she got a lantern for going camping, new binoculars (to replace the one Joe lost when he was in Washington last year!) from the boys, and lots of little items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did well, getting lots of shirts, and a marvelous headlamp (also see below). Also got a folding hunting knife, which I can&#8217;t see using, since I don&#8217;t hunt. Looks cool, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess if there was any theme to this year&#8217;s gifts, it was camping (and raising a Chinchilla). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We then picked up Grandma, headed to Church, and generally had a quiet day. With the exception of the boys firing off several hundred paintballs with Joe&#8217;s new gun, as well at Tim&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will pick up the Chinchilla tomorrow. In England, the day after Christmas is called Boxing Day, and is a Holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some pictures from today. As usual Tim is photogenic and it&#8217;s a struggle getting Joe to give us a smile for the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the paintball gun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10371\" title=\"Christmas_day_2006_014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_014.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_014-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boys both check it out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_032.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10372\" title=\"Christmas_day_2006_032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_032.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_032-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim likes his new &#8220;camo&#8221; shirt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_009_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10374\" title=\"Christmas_day_2006_009_1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_009_1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_009_1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note the O&#8217;Douls! And the slippers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_033.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10378\" title=\"Christmas_day_2006_033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_033.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_033-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of shots of Brigid &#8211; that&#8217;s her camping lantern in the first picture &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10383\" title=\"Christmas_day_2006_017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_017.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_017-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_041.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10387\" title=\"Christmas_day_2006_041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_041.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_041-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t you think my headlamp gives me a kind of mystical, saintly aura?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_052.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10390\" title=\"Christmas_day_2006_052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_052.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_052-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe and Tim<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_054.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10394\" title=\"Christmas_day_2006_054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_054.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_054-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_035.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10397\" title=\"Christmas_day_2006_035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_035.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/christmas_day_2006_035-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As all Christmas&#8217;s should be, it was a great day. It started later then we expected, at 7:18AM when Tim came in (he announced the time) and told us &#8220;there were a lot of presents&#8221;. We&#8217;d been up until almost 3AM. Brigid went with Tim to the back room and there was a very large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10398,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260\/revisions\/10398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}