The voices of Christmas

Here is a ranodm collection of quips and quotes that typify Christmas 2008:

Do you have power yet? (Every day question up until about Tuesday)

The tree is really crusty..I think it's dead (for the past 2 weeks...as the tree branches droop slowly toward the floor)

I have a lot of skills....I have fire building skills (7 yr old Cole)

Let me see that, I have some more caulking to do (Cole, as he puts the finishing touches on the gingerbread house.)

Is your family as screwed up as mine? (One son in law to another)

Do you want to see my Hannah Montana Barbie?(3 yr old Kayleigh)

When did you shrink? (There will be a trip to the store to exchange pants..)

I got some more firewood in case you run out.(Cole as he drags a tree limb through the yard during the height of a blizzard Saturday morning)

Do you have any sour cream? (On the way home from Christmas Eve mass stopping at every, and I mean every convenience store from Dover to Stratham...no sour cream)

What is it? It's a french vanilla scented stuffed kitty dipped in wax. (Keep out of reach of flames!!)

People, you need to eat my baked goods!

Oh crap.....this needs to be refrigerated for 4 hours (an hour before dinner.)

Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream? Yes please!

This is the only Celics game I've seen this year( as the Celtics lose their third game of the season to the Lakers....)

This is the present of the year. (The new ipod nano)

How did you know? This is everything I wanted and needed. Imagine that!

You'll shoot your eye out, kid! (From The Christmas Story Marathon).

And just like that, Christmas 2008 was over.