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So far I've been a good girl, haven't opened my gifts yet.

 

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Got my 2nd SS gift yesterday evening, and it is under the tree. Had to open the outer package (luckily the gift was not in the open inside) because the carrier left it where rain could be getting on it and in the hour or so between the last time I checked my door area and when I happened to look outside to see the weather, it had been stealthily left there with no notice to me with a door bell or nothing, and the rain was starting to soak one of the corners. But all was well inside and this is the pic I have of it. It is under my tree with my coin goddess statue(Tyche/Fortuna, for luck/fortune) from Greece that my son had gifted me in a previous year.

 

Here's my Tyche (and only ancient coin):

 

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Received mine and am patiently waiting for Christmas!

 

I'm sad to say that I haven't gotten my gifts out yet after a bout with Covid. They will be in the mail Monday.

So sorry to my recipients.

 

Glad you are feeling better Brother.
My Sons family has been dealing with it.

 

Glad you’re feeling better. A little late I’m sure they’ll understand

 

Hope your recovery goes well, sorry to hear you've been under the weather.

 

What matters is your health, get well soon.

 

I thought I heard reindeer on the roof...but it was only squirrels. However this was in the mailbox.

 

Package arrived today, gonna wait until Christmas morning

 

Secret Santa package arrived!
Thank you Santa! Will open on Christmas.

 

Still being a good girl.

 

I think I can handle the wait.
Package arrived this morning.

 

Since I have teenagers, I’ll have plenty of time in the morning to open my SS gift in peace and quiet. Probably be my favorite gift since coin gifts aren’t on the menu with my family. Around 14 more hours to wait.

 

Many people celebrate Christmas (opening presents) on Christmas morning, but when I was a kid, my family followed the German tradition of doing this all on Christmas Eve.

Tree was decorated about a week, maybe two at the most before Christmas, it had to have ornaments (no candles, though my mother and her family used candles on their trees when she was growing up) and lots of tinsel, placed strand by strand, but never a flocked tree. Then on Christmas Eve, at 7pm at night, my dad would get us all in the car to go see the lights on other peoples homes and all, this would be about a half hour or so driving about and then we would head back to the house to open our gifts, as Santa always came while we were out looking at lights. This was so normal for me, and it was when I became about 9 or 10 that I began realizing that this was not a normal thing where I lived, that most kids if they opened any presents on Christmas Eve, it was only one (like a concession to them), and of course it was never one from Santa, as he had not stopped by their home until between midnight and 6 am while they were sleeping. But we continued the tradition anyways. I actually really loved this tradition. Before we could open presents though, once we were back home, us kids had to always locate our stockings. And those were not always the easiest to find, they might be in the dishwasher, under a sibling's bed, hiding behind a chair or something, tucked under a pillow in my parents bed, or who knows, and never in the same place as the year before. And if we found a sibling's one, we could not tell our brother or sister where their stocking was or bring it to them!!!! Then we had to get everything out of the stocking and listen to my dad tell me (when we got down to the huge orange at the bottom of the stocking, put there to really fill up the stocking as much as possible so less candy had to be put in there) how he as a kid was lucky to get an Orange at Christmas.... Strange, in retrospect...

So, except for a few years raising my kids with my ex and going by 'normal American' Christmas traditions, having all gifts on Christmas morning, plus some years where we were split up and my kids had three Christmases where Santa showed up with their gifts... my Christmas eve, their dad's Christmas day (6am!!!!), and then later Christmas morning at his parents home, I normally revert back to my Christmas Eve tradition as far as opening gifts, though my tree is smaller and in many cases, a pre-decorated one and I love bows and ribbons on it and not tinsel.


So. I opened my CTSS gifts and I was completely blown away with the generosity and thoughtfulness of these Santas. I could not have imagined that I would get these and they are so welcome and wonderful. Thank you Secret Santas, from the bottom of my heart!

I will be posting pictures soon, maybe tomorrow.

I hope everyone has as bright and wonderful a Secret Santa time as I am having and loves their numismatic surprises and that they and their families are enjoing either very good health or are properly on the mend.

 

We don't celebrate Christmas @Kasia . We celebrated Hanukkah when I was growing up. Both of our kids are now married to spouses that celebrate Christmas. So tomorrow, Christmas Day, we'll be heading to our sons home to celebrate Christmas with our grandsons. A tradition we've come to love.

Your story of Christmas celebrations as a youth was heartwarming. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Merry Christmas to you and everyone else on CT. May it be a joyful and fun filled day with family and friends.

 

Happy Hanukkah, @masterswimmer to you and your sons and now the larger families. Bless your and yours.

 

Thank you very much. The holidays have been wonderful, again!

 

Can it be that I am first to post my Secret Santa present on Christmas day? Wow! This Seated Liberty Quarter is perfect since I collect SLH and thought it might be nice to expand to quarters. So, thank you very much, Secret Santa, for this thoughtful gift. And have a Merry Christmas!