i did not get anything from anyone.
well....that is not strictly true.
the only present i got on christmas day was a $499 parking fine from a parking inspector who was wearing a wearing a red santa hat.
among my obligations i must tend to for my income is a frozen chip delivery business i own, and because it was christmas day, the driver i employ to do the run was not available, and my biggest customer wanted a delivery of 500kg of chips. that customer is a fish and chip shop on bondi beach and he is the only fish and chip shop on bondi beach, so his turnover is huge.
i had to drive the truck, and there was nowhere to park, and so i double parked near his shop, and i got a fine.
when i saw him i said "ho ho ho" and he scribbled out the ticket and popped it under my wiper without a word and slithered off like a slug to inspect other windscreens for the absence of valid tickets.
i have no family that wants anything to do with me because i was adopted and i am the only male child in the family, and my sisters do not like me because i am not like them, so they never ring me (thankfully).
tammy's family are confused about who i am and they do not like me because they think i pretend to be ret*d but they think i am actually smart, and they do not trust my motives. i can not see how they see me as faking retardation because i always talk well to them, but i guess there is something missing in what i say that throws them off the rails.
i could not go there on christmas day, even though tammy screamed and begged for her family to invite me. she even got into trouble and had a bad day because she wanted me to go to be with her and her family rejected the idea in a hostile way.
anyway, christmas means nothing to me. i got tammy an ipod touch phone and a wii play station and i gave them to her a few days before christmas.
i am glad i got nothing because i was spared the chore of pretending to be thankful for something i did not want.
when i am given something i do not want, i try to look appreciative, but my act falls flat and they think ill of me because i can not do the dance of normal people, and when i try it is gruesomely fake.
whatever. i am happy anyway.