Merry Christmas

Christmas 1983

Mom and Aylin share a Christmas Eve birthday.  So, it was a tradition in our house to open Christmas gifts on December 24.  After Mui and I got married and moved to the US, that tradition continued.

Yes, we went a bit crazy with the gift giving.  After all, we weren’t together for our first Christmas in the US; Mui was at Air Force Basic Training, and I was in Wichita with my brother.  In our defense, many of the gifts were from friends, and we bought “household” stuff as joint gifts for each other.

Music box from the Pinskis.

Duck decoy lint brush from the Rapps.

Pair of  “Christmas Love” mugs from Mui.

Six chocolate “Kisses” from me.

Gloves from Mui.

Wool sweater from me.

I opened the practical “house” gifts; Mui used them.
Left: Thin Slicer; Right: Pressure Cooker

Left: Brass Planter; Right: Turkish Rummikub

That's what I call a microwave!

Mom made the Christmas stockings for us.

And here we are on Christmas Day …

Merry Christmas!

It was a great first Christmas together since starting our married life.