christmas is nigh. [meaning near in time or place] i'm dreaming not of sugar plums dancing, but friends, family, and amazing adventures. i plan on teaching those n00bs how to properly tp, i have secrets. i'm excited for the frantic christmas feeling as i lay in bed on the 24th creeping into the weee hours of that oh-so-beloved day of the 25th. christmas day. a day for warm fuzzies, family, friends, pictures, memories, let downs, and surprises. a day filled with joy and laughter and toys of course. every single christmas eve we get to open one present. we know what that present is of course, but we're still excited about it. pajamas, always, and i love it. we model the jams and head to bed around 10, but never make it there until almost midnight of the last minute wrapping. there's always one room we're not aloud to enter on christmas eve night where my mom stays locked up until four in the morning wrapping everything up. i'm too excited to sleep, i'm too excited to quit smiling, but eventually i drift off into the best dreams ever- christmas eve dreams. every single christmas morning i am always the first awake. every single christmas morning i get up around five and i take a peak at the lighted tree with its bottom covered in presents. the most magnificant sight to behold. beautiful bags, boxes, bows, wrappings, lights, ornaments, trappings. i stare at the tree for a minute or two. i glance into the bedroom of my sister, still asleep. i glance into the bedroom of my parents, still asleep. i go back to my room knowing my mom has only been asleep for an hour. i try to sleep just a little longer, a little longer. i wake up at seven, there is no more a little longer, it has to be now. first i go to my sister's room. i jump on her bed. i beg her to get up. i tell her, "jade, it's christmas." she slowly gets up. i run to my parents room. i jump on their beds. they never notice. i shake each of them awake. they always say first, "what time is it?" i never answer, i don't care, it's christmas, time is now. i beg them to get up. they say, "where is your sister?" i run back to jade's room. she's still in her bed. at this point i start to freak out, i go a little crazy, christmas is now! it's finally here, and everyone is in bed! i don't understand it! i get jade up. we walk to the parents room. she lays on their bed, i beg everyone to get up. about a half an hour later i threaten to start without everyone. i go downstairs with christmas in my eyes. by the time i get down to the tree everyone comes out to the top of the stairs. they make their way down and they're going so slow i'm about to pee myself. i just can't understand why they don't feel the urgency i do, christmas is now! christmas is here! we all sit together under the tree and look up. it's the most beautiful thing i've ever seen.