our first married christmas

aldo + christmas + vancouver = christmas surprises.

he sent Santa a card thru Canada Post's address - saying that he wrote because he has a son or daughter on the way, and he'd like to make sure he or she will be in Santa's list next year. two days before christmas, Santa wrote back!





aldo's gift this christmas has, so far, been the sweetest and most thought-of. after a week of declaring that he was going to wrap chocolate bars as a gift for me, he pulled out a gift - which promptly ended all whining about him not giving christmas gifts much thought. LOL.



he got me opera glasses from zhumell, engraved with "il gelo che da foco, il mio fuoco ti sgela Pia"... which, of course, are from Puccini's Turandot... translated as "ice which gives you fire, my fire will thaw you Pia." i can't wait for the next opera we're watching in March... i can finally see the people on stage!

hope you had a wonderful christmas as well.



as of now, it's officially moving time for this family as we pack our things into boxes... we're moving to a new apartment before new year!